{"quotes":[{"text":"We have a fundamental imperative in our lives to matter to others, to serve others, and to support each other in mattering more.","author":"Tom Hayes","tags":["imperative","imperative-for-life-serve","matter","matter-more","meaningful-life","meaningful","others","relevance","relevant","serve-others","service","support","supportive"],"id":65052,"author_id":"Tom+Hayes"},{"text":"Claiming that you are what you are not will obscure the strengths you do have while destroying your credibility.","author":"Tom Hayes","tags":["claim","credibility","matter-more","obscure","to-live-by","to-make-you-think","relevance","truthfulness"],"id":66119,"author_id":"Tom+Hayes"},{"text":"With honesty and a little digging, we have the opportunity to identify our gifts and harness them in the service of our best self—our own unique noble purpose.","author":"Tom Hayes","tags":["best-self","gifts","honesty","matter-more","noble-purpose","opportunity-life","about-life","to-inspire","relevance"],"id":69634,"author_id":"Tom+Hayes"},{"text":"Acting on our interests refines our understanding of what we are good at and what we value. The experiences we have along the way sometimes introduce us to new values that enhance and enlarge our vision. The lessons we learn through habits of action test our understanding and teach us to identify what matters in our life.","author":"Marian Deegan","tags":["act","acting","enhance","enlarge","experiences","good","habits","habits-of-action","identify","interests","introduce","lessons-learned","lessons-of-life","matter-more","new-values","relevance","teach","understanding","understanding-oneself-and-others","value","what-we-value"],"id":76386,"author_id":"Marian+Deegan"},{"text":"We each carry with us unique gifts, recognized and unrecognized. We long to harness those gifts in a way that gives life significance and helps us to matter more in the lives of others.","author":"Tom Hayes","tags":["harness","life","matter-more","mattering","meaning","others","relevance","significance","success","success-in-business","success","success-self-improvement","success-strategies","successful-living","unique-gifts"],"id":91417,"author_id":"Tom+Hayes"},{"text":"How we present ourselves at any given time is dependent on the situation. We constantly balance the tension of high aspirations with the pragmatism of realistic expectations. The key is to represent ourselves in such a way that we can fulfill the expectations we create.","author":"Marian Deegan","tags":["dependent","high-aspirations","matter-more","pragmatic","present","realistic","realistic-expectations","relevance","tension"],"id":92658,"author_id":"Marian+Deegan"},{"text":"Focus on your work. Do what you're great at. Don't compare yourself to others and or waste time criticizing the lives and work of others. Do what matters most to you and make a difference doing that.","author":"Germany Kent","tags":["be-better","be-the-change","be-the-difference","be-the-light","believe-in-you","change","change-your-life","destiny","difference","difference-maker","difference-makers","difference","do-better","do-what-matters","do-what-you-are-good-at","do-what-you-can-do","do-you","do-you-work","do-your-thing","don-t-compare-yourself-to-others","don-t-criticize-others","effort","effort","effortless-mindfulness","focus-on-what-you-need-to-do","focus-on-you","focus-on-your-dreams","focus-on-your-life","focused","focused-mindset","focused","focused","focused-thought","focusing","germany-kent","germany-kent","giving-back","hope-guru","humanity","humanity-and-society","inspirational","leader","leadership-character","leadership-development","leadership","leadership-traits","life","life-and-living","life-changing","life-lessons","life-lessons-life-reason","life-lessons","life-lessons","life-lessons-value-of-life-truth","life-philosophy","life-and-sayings","live-your-life","making-a-difference","matter","matter-and-spirit","matter-more","matter-of-fact","matters","matters-of-the-heart","motivational","motivational","motivational-speaker","motivational-speaker","others","others-people-lives","others-perspective","others-point-of-view","others","society","society-humanity","society","society","stay-focused","stay-in-your-life","success","success","the-hope-guru"],"id":135028,"author_id":"Germany+Kent"},{"text":"Distraction leaches the authenticity out of our communications. When we are not emotionally present, we are gliding over the surface of our interactions and we never tangle in the depths where the nuances of our skills are tested and refined.","author":"Marian Deegan","tags":["authenticity","communications","distraction","emotional","interactions","matter-more","nuance","refined","relevance","skills","test"],"id":143967,"author_id":"Marian+Deegan"},{"text":"Too many companies— and individuals— are befuddled by delusion when it comes to identifying their authentic strengths and projecting those strengths through their brand. It’s as if they live in Opposite Land. If their service is wretched, they tell people that they are great at service. If they are selling a mediocre car, they expound on its hip sportiness. Claiming that you are what you are not will obscure the strengths you do have while destroying your credibility. It’s a lose-lose proposition. In order to hunt down and accurately tag authenticity, we must first pop the balloon of self-delusion.","author":"Tom Hayes","tags":["accurate-observations","authentic","authentic-strengths","brand","credibility","matter-more","opposite-land","about-life","to-make-you-think","relevance","self-delusion","self-delusions","service"],"id":168759,"author_id":"Tom+Hayes"},{"text":"We believe that it is the job of each of us to step outside of ourselves, look beyond the shadows, and seek reality. If we hope to present an authentic self to the world, it is critical that we understand what is real and true about ourselves. So how do we begin to see our companies, our brands, our products, or ourselves as we really are ? For us, the best way to start is to stop watching shadows and start facing reality.","author":"Tom Hayes","tags":["authentic-self","authenticity","facing-reality","matter-more","about-life","to-make-you-think","real","reality","relevance","shadows","true","world"],"id":183230,"author_id":"Tom+Hayes"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":25,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}