Henry Cloud
Henry Cloud
Henry Cloud, PhD is an American Christian self help author. Cloud co-authored Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No to Take Control of Your Life in 1992 which sold two million copies and evolved into a five-part series...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPsychologist
CountryUnited States of America
character giving investing
That is why success and fruitfulness depend as much upon focusing on the "who" you are as much as the "what" of the work you do. Invest in your character, and it will give you the returns that you are looking for by only investing in the work itself. You can't do the latter without the former.
dating giving give-and-take
Dating is a give and take. If you only see it as "Taking," you are not getting it.
giving-up growth return
To get greater than 100% return on a growth step, give up defensiveness. Defensiveness stifles performance, and destroys relationships.
pain giving consequence
Consequences give us the pain that motivates us to change.
taken people giving
Leadership is not taken, it is given. People give leadership to those that they trust. They allow people that they trust to have influence over their lives.
giving people feel-good
If you continue to blame other people for “making” you feel guilty, they still have power over you, and you are saying that you will only feel good when they stop doing that. You are giving them control over your life. Stop blaming other people.
Some people's developmental path has not equipped them to stand up and let go of something.
assess deadline executive functions
Part of executive functions is the ability to look to a goal deadline and assess where an organization is in meeting it.
human life order performance relationships
Every human being must have boundaries in order to have successful relationships or a successful performance in life.
god people ultimately
I think that God will provide opportunities and people and experiences, and everything we need to date and ultimately to find the one.
both continuing dictates either personal reality season stand time
In both our personal and professional lives, there are times when reality dictates that we must stand up and 'end' something. Either its time has passed, its season is over, or worse, continuing it would be destructive in some way.
fell focus leadership listening love major teams three topic work
I fell in love with the topic of leadership. For three decades, that has been a major focus of my hands-on work: listening to and working with leaders, their teams and their organizations.
driving happens leaders leadership move
What happens with a lot of leaders is that their leadership style is like ADD; they are all over the place with different ideas. They could be driving one idea forward but then move on to something else too soon.
power
The power of being in the physical presence of another person delivers real benefits.