Brian Weiner

Sometimes we don’t need advice. We just need somebody to listen. One of the greatest gifts you can ever give another person is to listen with all of your presence and all of your heart. There are times when another person is so overwhelmed with their life experience as to…

Sometimes life doesn’t give you what you want, not because you don’t deserve it, but because you deserve so much more. Is it really true that when one door closes, another one opens? From my life perspective, it is true, but only if you are willing to open the next…

Sometimes you have to play the role of a fool to fool the fool who thinks they are fooling you. Have you ever found yourself in a position where the best option is to pretend you are ignorant? It can arise under many kinds of circumstances, across a field of…

They start missing you, when they fail to replace you. Personally and professionally, this adage is always true. Whether it is your colleagues, friends, lover, partners, clients, or team… it is always the same. If you are being taken advantage of, or you are simply feeling as if your value…

Stand by those who stand by you. Making one hundred friends is not a miracle. The miracle is to make a single friend who will stand by your side, even when hundreds are against you. As we grow up, we realize it becomes less important to have more friends and…

You didn’t reply, but I got your message. The silence is deafening. Sometimes, the need for a response can be so overwhelming as to make everything else diminish in relative importance along the way. You may find yourself waiting for an update, a confirmation, a meeting date, or just a…

People will always notice the change in your attitude towards them, but they will never notice it’s their behavior that made your change. The dynamic of any relationship, personal or professional, is always subject to change, predicated upon how both parties continue to conduct themselves. The way that two people…

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop. CONFUCIUS The ability to succeed is not always determined by being first out of the gate. Sometimes it is measuring your pace to ensure you are capable of getting successfully to the finish line with…

When you come to the edge of all the light you have, and must take a step into the darkness of the unknown, believe that one of two things will happen. Either there will be something solid for you to stand on – or you will be taught how to…

I spilled spot remover on my dog and now I can’t find him. STEVEN WRIGHT