Category Archives: WISDOM

In Leadership, the ends do not always justify the means. If you kill your team to achieve a short-term outcome, people will remember and associate you with pain.

Mark Botros

The people we love the most are the people we are the kindest to.

Mark's Wife

If you want balance you have to fight for it yourself. It’s a lonely battle, because no one is going to give it to you, and no one is going to help you. If anything, they’re trying to take it away.

Mark Botros
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My Personal Meditation

5 Things I think about to help me become a better human everyday

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One of the most enjoyable aspects of my morning routine is daily meditation. The first documented practice of meditation dates as far back as 1500 BC. So it’s not a new fad, it’s an enduring ancient practice of pursuing inner peace, and its benefits are well-documented. I had a fairly well-established morning routine, and as […]

Whether you think you can or whether you think you can’t, you’re right.

Henry Ford

Treat others the way you want to be treated, and you’ll never go wrong.

Mark Botros

There is nothing noble about persisting in foolishness.

Mark Botros
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Why I want a Divorce…From Perfection

5 Reasons to Embrace Imperfection

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Hello, my name is Mark, and I am married to Perfection. I’ve been married to Perfection for over 30 years, but I’ve come to realize that I have a problem. Perfection has not been the spouse that I thought she would be. High achievers have high standards and high expectations of themselves and others. Often […]

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The Toughest Thing I’ve Ever Done as a Parent

The Good in Suffering

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As a parent, one of the things I dread is seeing my children suffer in any way. Several years ago, I was out walking with my kids, my [then] 4-year-old daughter was running far ahead of us, and my [then] 2-year-old daughter lagged behind. The younger one was approaching a hole in the ground and […]

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Letting Go of Power, Opinion, and Control

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3 Ways to know if you are your own person Abraham Maslow the renowned 20th Century psychologist, proposed a theory of human behavior that is primarily driven by “needs” – The need for food, shelter, safety, security, love, acceptance, esteem, confidence, and respect. The needs actually fall in a hierarchy of needs. The bottom of […]