… pass into the reality of action. From the action stems the dream again; and this interdependence produces the highest form of living.
– Anais Nin
Tag Archives: Growth
The secret…
… of a leader lies in the tests he has faced over the whole course of his life and the habit of action he develops in meeting those tests
– Gail Sheehy
Yes, there are times…
… when the gold medal only goes to the winner. But not in the race of life, where the winners are those who are superior not to others but to their former selves.
– Robert Cooper
If we…
… cannot envision the world we would like to live in, we cannot work towards its creation. If we cannot place ourselves in it in our imagination, we will not believe it is possible.
– Chellis Glendinning
Managers…
… maintain an efficient status quo while leaders attack the status quo to create something new
– Orrin Woodward
Tact…
…. is the ability to make a person see lightning without letting him feel the bolt
– Orlando Battista
The growth…
… and development of people is the highest calling of leadership.
– Harvey S. Firestone
A new leader…
… has to be able to change an organisation that is dreamless, soulless and visionless… someone’s got to make a wake up call.
– Warren Bennis
How do you…
…make sure you get the bubbling up of ideas through a coalition of energy, rather the boiling down that consensus inevitably provokes? It’s about eliminating all the ordinary, in-between stuff that is no good. You have to cut it out and concentrate all the energy on stretching for the best. Then the really good stuff acts as a magnet for more. If you allow middling stuff to stay – the filler stuff – then that works as a magnet for more of the same too
– Siobhan Davies
Conformity…
… is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.
– John F. Kennedy
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