4 Quotes by Marilee G. Adams

I never teach my pupils. I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn. Albert Einstein.

Blame keeps us stuck in the past. Responsibility paves the path for a better future. Blame.

Things happen to us all the time. You don’t have much choice about that. But where we do have choice is in what we do with what happens.

One fateful day, expecting high praise from my advisor for some work I felt great about, I instead heard from him: “Marilee, this is just not acceptable.” At that moment something new happened. Instead of tearfully wondering what was wrong with me, I took a deep breath, and becoming calm and curious, simply asked him “OK, how do I fix it?” That simple shift took me from feeling powerless to being confident enough to take constructive action.