
Trusting Your Strengths
“If you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its life believing that it is stupid.” ~ Albert Einstein (https://www.bill...
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This series of video podcasts is based upon a system for success developed by psychologist, Dr. Bill Crawford, (Ph.D.). The basic premise of this philosophy is that the reason we are less th...

“If you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its life believing that it is stupid.” ~ Albert Einstein (https://www.bill...

"Artificial Intelligence may shape more of what we do, but only our human integrity, wisdom, and character will shape who we are." ~ Daniel...

"We are what we repeatedly do. Success, therefore, is not an act but a series of habits that define who we are and determine the course of o...

"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now." ~ a Chinese Proverb - Our kids need us to act. Teach Mental H...

“Action without knowledge can be destructive, but knowledge without action can be demoralizing.” ~ Bill Crawford, PhD (https://www.billcrawf...

”To understand ourself, we must understand our “selves,” or the parts of us that motivate our thoughts, decisions, and behaviors.” ~ Bill Cr...

“Anticipatory Anxiety is worrying about some future event that we can’t affect in the present. The Anxiety and Depression Association of Ame...

"You can’t get people to access their best by pointing out their worst." ~ Bill Crawford PhD( https://www.billcrawfordphd.com/quote-video-bl...

"Self-righteousness isn't about confidence. It's a reaction designed to protect someone from the fear of what it would mean to be wrong." ~...

“It's not how much we give but how much love we put into giving." ~ Mother Teresa (https://www.billcrawfordphd.com/quote-video-blog/)

"Most of the problems in life are because of one two reasons - we act without thinking, or we just think (and think) without acting." ~ Unkn...

“Gratitude makes sense of the past, brings peace to the present, and creates a vision of the future.” ~ Melody Beattie (https://www.billcraw...

“Never make your highest purpose, or the most important thing in your life something that is outside of your control.” ~ Bill Crawford, PhD...

"The most powerful times in our lives can be the time between times, or life's transitions that give us the opportunity to choose." ~ Bill C...

“When faced with conflicting thoughts and emotions, we must decide what to trust, what we fear, or what we know. What’s important is that th...

“Procrastination or avoidance is just prolonged suffering disguised as safety.” ~ Whitney Goodman (https://www.billcrawfordphd.com/quote-vid...

"We suffer from the illusion that the faster we run, the more likely we are to grasp happiness. The truth is that the velocity necessary for...

"The way to encourage people to be accountable is to change the meaning to "the ability to be counted upon." ~ Bill Crawford, PhD (https://w...

"The #1 regret of those on their death bed: I wish I had the courage to live a life that was true to myself, versus the life that was expect...

“It is often the thought behind the thought, or the sponsoring thought, that truly causes how we think feel and act.” Bill Crawford, PhD

"Problems occur when we tie our peace of mind to another's state of mind." ~ Bill Crawford, Ph.D. Bill Crawford, PhD (https://www.billcrawfo...

"When our worries and fears just don’t make sense, it’s possible we are trusting the part of the brain that doesn’t make sense… it just reac...

"Don't blame the clown for acting like a clown... Ask why we keep going back to the circus?" ~ Unknown (https://www.billcrawfordphd.com/quot...

"Never make your highest purpose, or the most important thing in your life something that is outside of your control." Bill Crawford, PhD (h...

"Change isn't the problem. People can deal with change, they just can't deal with being changed." ~ Adapted from Peter Senge (https://www.bi...

"Great solutions include serenity and acceptance as the precursors to courage and change." ~ Bill Crawford, PhD (https://www.billcrawfordphd...

"Each day befriend a single fear, and the miscellaneous terrors of being human will never join together to form such a morass of vague anxie...

"Avoid the words "have to" it says we have no choice. There are only three things we 'have to' do in this world... we have to be born, we ha...

"How old would you be if you didn't know how old you were?" ~ Satchel Paige (https://www.billcrawfordphd.com/quote-video-blog/)

“Our perspective, or the meaning that we attach to our stories we tell ourselves makes us either bitter or better. I suggest we do this by c...

"We don't have to learn to react…it happens automatically. We do, however, want to learn to respond in a way that we would recommend to some...

"The past doesn't exist as a factual recounting of what happened, but as an experience that we are constantly recreating in our mind… which...

"A life of denial can often be a form of self-delusion. . .What are we pretending not to know?" ~ Ken Frogley (https://www.billcrawfordphd.c...

"Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will control your life!" ~ Carl Jung (https://www.billcrawfordphd.com/quote-video-blog/)

"Sustained exhaustion is not a sign of determination, it is a signal that we have depleted our resources, and are no longer able to function...

"When our purpose becomes avoidance, our life becomes a void." ~ Bill Crawford, PhD (https://www.billcrawfordphd.com/quote-video-blog/)

“Stress is a chemical reaction in our brain and body designed to prepare us for fight or flight. These chemicals do not exist in the situati...

"Freedom isn't about having permission to do whatever we want...it's about having the courage to do whatever fills our life with meaning." ~...

“That’s just common sense” is used by many to justify their perspective. However, how we “sense” or understand life varies greatly from indi...

"The best response to any insult or unwarranted criticism is to ask a question. Curiosity and confidence always go hand in hand. It does, of...

"When our worries and fears just don't make sense, it's possible we are trusting the part of the brain that doesn't make sense… it just reac...

"Often, the best gift isn’t what we buy, but who we are, and what we say and do with those we love.” ~ Bill Crawford, PhD (https://www.billc...

"When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor. It's to enjoy each step along the way." ~ Wayne Dyer (https://w...

“Often reactions to life aren’t the problem… it’s our reactions to our reactions that get in the way of our clarity, confidence, and creativ...

“Ask yourself every moment, 'Is this how I want to be thinking, feeling and acting?'…and only continue when the answer is yes.” ~ Adapted fr...

"The question to ask each night before you go to bed: If I live every day the same way I did today, what kind of future would that create?"...

“Sometimes our ability to accept what we can’t change is tied to our willingness to change what we can.” ~ Bill Crawford (https://www.billcr...

"Autonomy, Purpose, & Mastery: If you are having difficulty creating the life you want, chances are one or more of these are missing." ~ Bil...

"Meaning isn't something we discover, it is what we bring to life, either by choice or by chance." - Bill Crawford (https://www.billcrawford...

"One key to successful problem solving is knowing the how to choose between worry and awareness." ~ Bill Crawford (https://www.billcrawfordp...