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The day we stop playing will be the day we stop learning.

William Glasser

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William Glasser
Age: 88 †
Born: 1925
Born: May 11
Died: 2013
Died: August 23
Psychiatrist
Psychologist
Cleveland
Ohio
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We are driven by five genetic needs: survival, love and belonging, power, freedom, and fun.
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To be depressed or neurotic is passive. It happened to us we are its victim, and we have no control over it.
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What we get, and all we ever get, from the outside is information how we choose to act on this information is up to us.
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We may be up against a stone wall, but we don't have to bloody our heads against it unless we choose to.
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If you want to change attitudes, start with a change in behavior. In other words, begin to act the part, as well as you can, of the person you would rather be, the person you most want to become. Gradually, the old, fearful person will fade away.
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