As Mark Twain observed, “It’s easier to to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.”โดย Garland McWatters

This is the way lies go. The innocent suffer for the ego of the liar and the lies he tells for his self-interest. It’s an eternal problem as long as there are those who want to believe the lie.โดย Garland McWatters

Influences are not always obvious. It takes a trained eye to recognize them before they can do irreversible damage.โดย Garland McWatters

Our character contributes to the character of the world around us, whether the family, the workplace, the neighborhood, whatever your sphere of influence might be.โดย Garland McWatters

We have all been stuck in place with indecision, wondering which path to choose. We have evidence to inform us if only we will take time to consider it honestly.โดย Garland McWatters

We say we want to matter. Our anxiety comes from trying so hard to be noticed. We insist on looking in all the wrong places.โดย Garland McWatters

How do we determine what character traits make up a person? Listen to their speech.โดย Garland McWatters

We pause from our busy lives to esteem those worthy of honor. To be credible, we establish standards for honor and protect them from being corrupted.โดย Garland McWatters

The INPowered demonstrate the INLIghtened mind by applying knowledge to a task to develop a skill that can be used to create a intentional result.โดย Garland McWatters

Stopping to admit a change is necessary and committing to a different tactic can be the difference between success or failure, or between a great project and a mediocre one.โดย Garland McWatters

We all know we have an internal voice either encouraging us or tormenting us as it informs us regarding our decisions and actions.โดย Garland McWatters

The INPowered athlete’s heart welcomes the competitor who tests them, the critic who objectively judges them, and the coach who molds them.โดย Garland McWatters

The scoffer ridicules, belittles, and bullies his adversaries, trash-talking their ideals and values out of his own arrogance and pride.โดย Garland McWatters

Continual practice results in habitual behavior. Behavior that becomes so second nature to us that we might not be self-aware of who we have become, or when.โดย Garland McWatters

When we are interested in others, we want to know how anyone different from us is perceiving their world according to their life experiences.โดย Garland McWatters

When I thought I was treated unfairly, I simply did not think I deserved it, and the consequences could never be adequately remedied.โดย Garland McWatters

Confirming our faithfulness to our values, relationships, and causes asks us to pause, reflect, and re-affirm that we are still on the course we initially chose for the reasons we originally believed.โดย Garland McWatters

The concept of out of many, one is universal and timeless and enthusiastically adopted, except where disunity and disharmony is used to weaponize bigotry and hatred in the service of greed and power.โดย Garland McWatters

If something or someone makes a claim about itself, we must believe it to be as it claims so we can act with confidence regarding it.โดย Garland McWatters

When we get past skin-deep cosmetics, all people are the same specie expressing minor genetic variations. We are the same race in body, mind, and spirit.โดย Garland McWatters

There is immediate reward when you develop your talents for the future. Discipline make an incremental and noticeable difference.โดย Garland McWatters

Toxic influences and personalities will damage us. If we cannot avoid them, we should keep our guard up.โดย Garland McWatters

Each of us has a personal boundary of faith where we stand on a frontier of daring and ponder whether to take the next step into the unknown.โดย Garland McWatters

The motivational speakers first have lived through their story and learned something about it, and then,their walk can inform ours. They walk, then they talk.โดย Garland McWatters

We need people who look into all the places most of us overlook to tease out their secrets and to give us mysteries to ponder and solve.โดย Garland McWatters

As we live our life, we are in a continuous iteration process. Begin and end each day with the attitude of, "new and improved."โดย Garland McWatters

Conflict often grows from a faint ripple—that something is different from what is expected, or usual. The perceived ripple can be either conscious or intuitive, or both.โดย Garland McWatters

I gazed into the starry night skies of both mountains and plains unpolluted by urban lights and mouthed the words to \my favorite hymn, I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder, thy power throughout the universe displayed.โดย Garland McWatters

The best any of us can do is to own our past life and engage our present life so we can influence our future toward the quality of life we desire.โดย Garland McWatters

If love is the most pure power in the universe, then, leading with love is the most INPowering form of leading.โดย Garland McWatters

With reliable information it’s easy to tell whether the truth is being accurately presented. Those not aligned with the truth are off course.โดย Garland McWatters

Many successful people decided for themselves what the standards of success would be for them and set out to achieve them.โดย Garland McWatters

We rationalize our reaction, and that causes us to either cower and slink away or to over-compensate by exaggerating or over-reaching.โดย Garland McWatters

People mostly want to feel comfortable, successful, happy, and proud. Everyone hopes to flourish in a sense of well=being.โดย Garland McWatters

I know I cannot demand either respect or a good reputation. Both are granted by others over whom I have absolutely no control.โดย Garland McWatters

Relax, because being frantic is a lack of focus that panics us to fly off in all directions without any thought for which way we need to go.โดย Garland McWatters

I’m not sure I can always be courageous or compassionate. But I’m certain that I can aspire to these noble qualities of excellence in mind and heart.โดย Garland McWatters

As a human being we deserve to be love and to love our humanity. We also deserve the right to earn our way and create value for ourselves and others.โดย Garland McWatters

Gratitude is INPowering simply because it reminds us of how connected we all are in ways we scarcely give a second thought.โดย Garland McWatters

There are situations when thinking out loud is exactly what needs to happen, such as in idea generating discussions, and conversations about the what if possibilities.โดย Garland McWatters

We humans decide what motives we will ascribe toward others without knowing for sure what they are thinking.โดย Garland McWatters

The INPowered learn to focus on their central calling and shut out the other distractions so they can devote their creative energy to their calling.โดย Garland McWatters

The rank and file follow the lead set by the leaders to whom they are either loyal or afraid of, or both.โดย Garland McWatters

It takes many small contributions of effort to make large successes possible. Everyone who contributes get to say they helped.โดย Garland McWatters

Even though the seeds of goodwill might fall on seemingly impenetrable ground, I am optimistic that in time goodwill will take root. We reap what we sew.โดย Garland McWatters

Promise only what you can and are willing to deliver, then do it. That makes you trust-worthy.โดย Garland McWatters

Life unfolds, evolves. Every moment is shaped by what came before and will affect what comes next.โดย Garland McWatters

What is it that you cannot NOT DO? Whatever it is, that is the core value of your life purpose—the guiding centerline of your INPowered Way.โดย Garland McWatters

A benevolent heart is generous with money, talent, time, and encouragement. The generous chip in whenever they see the need.โดย Garland McWatters

We owe it to ourselves to find two or three minutes of stillness several times a day. Even in crowed, noisy places, you can calm yourself with measured deep breaths.โดย Garland McWatters