#402: Books I've Loved — Seth Godin and Esther Perel

Underneath many of the relational impasses or conflicts, you're going to find three major dynamics: A fight about power and control, a fight about care and closeness, and a fight about respect and recognition. So, it's either about power, about trust, or about integrity.

Decisions and outcomes are different things; a good decision may very well lead to a lousy outcome, but that doesn’t mean it wasn't a good decision

The book business isn’t a business, it’s a passion and organized hobby. It’s a chance for 20 bucks to own something you can keep on your shelf and go back to again and again.

'B' is a simple poem from a mother to her daughter, and I have to confess, I get choked up every time I read it. If you've got a mother, if you've got a daughter, this is a great gift, a great book, to share with them.

It’s the quality of our relationships that determines the quality of our lives

This world we live in, it doesn't have enough dignity. It doesn't have enough connection. The gifts we share need to be based on abundance. It's not, 'I don't have it because you have it;' it's, 'Now we both have it.'

How we straddle security and adventure, tradition and change, familiarity and novelty, comfort and edge, I think, today, is a central challenge for couples as well as for companies