Mark Goulston

"Do something to help your community or people around you. That will help you feel more worthwhile and less alone."

"Feeling alone makes negative feelings worse. When you feel alone, frustration quickly can become anger, fear quickly can become panic."

"Forget the empty platitudes; your star employee is not a 'godsend.' They are a person deserving of your not infrequent acknowledgment and worthy of appreciation and respect."

"I know CEOs, and they get sick when they have to lay people off, especially around Christmas."

"If you look for things your partner does wrong, you can always find something. If you look for what he or she does right, you can always find something, too. It all depends on what you want to look for. Happy couples accentuate the positive."

"Know what's important and what isn't. Have the wisdom to know the right thing to do, the integrity to do it, the character to stand up to those who don't, and the courage to stop those who won't."

"Speak the truth. People will forgive an honest mistake; they won't forgive you if you lie."

"The best way to learn to be present and develop presence is to have the experience of someone you respect and admire being present with and for you."