Thought Tweet #880 Negative feelings by their very nature tend to alienate and isolate us. Then they go about wasting much energy.

The Thinking Behind The Tweet

Feelings are mind states where egos are at work justifying their appetites.

While the voices of ego are little, they are incessant. Barrages of little voices fight to serve and satisfy the huge appetites of egos. Egos, their appetites, and their little but incessant voices are not to be ignored.

Thought Tweet #879 The greatest of leaders change themselves. They mould their character to improve their ability to influence others.

The Thinking Behind The Tweet

Sometimes they replace combative ways with kindness; sometimes they replace softer ways with assertiveness.

Other times they improve their voice, vocabulary, and body language to improve their communication style...adding clarity and power to it.

Great leaders are attuned to their habits, both the good ones and the bad ones. They choose to replace their bad habits with new things - good habits, habits proven to deliver positive results.

Beyond everything else, the greatest leaders are masters of self-awareness and self-control.

And they know leadership is an ongoing series of thought-and-action choices. So they define thought-and-action boundaries for themselves and they work continuously at living within those thought-and-action boundaries.

Thought Tweet #878 With habits playing such a huge role in our lives, why are they so often left to chance?

The Thinking Behind The Tweet

What force enables habits to roll right over willpower?

For those who believe in evolution...Why and how have habits adapted and risen to such a position of power and influence?

Or, is that looking at it backwards? Are we witnessing an evolutionary battle between habits and willpower where willpower is slowly but surely gaining ground against [the more-primitive and firmly-established] habits?