Cultural leaders…

Cultural leaders are responding to a climate of fear and exclusion with visions of inclusiveness and balance

– Hilde Schwab

Inaction…

…is not the antidote of fear

-Anon

Don’t be….

…afraid to fail…. be afraid not to try

– Anon

Keep your…

…fears to yourself but share your inspiration with others

– Robert Louis Stevenson

 

Some Say That Fear Has Two Meanings…

Forget Everything And Run….

or

Face Everything And Rise….

But I prefer Will Smith’s view in the film After Earth….

“Fear is not real. The only place that fear can exist is in our thoughts of the future. It is a product of our imagination, causing us to fear things that do not at present and may not ever exist. That is near insanity. Do not misunderstand me danger is very real but fear is a choice.”

Leaders are….

… visionaries with a poorly developed sense of fear and no concept of the odds stacked against them

– Robert Jarvik

“True leadership must ….

…. have follower-ship. Management styles can vary, but even an autocrat needs people who believe and simply don’t follow from fear.”

— James Robinson III

“Good leadership requires……

……….you to surround yourself with people of diverse perspectives who can disagree with you without fear of retaliation.”

– Doris Kearns Goodwin