The adventure of life is to learn. The purpose of life is to grow. The nature of life is to change. The challenge of life is to overcome. The essence of life is to care. The opportunity of like is to serve. The secret of life is to dare. The spice of life is to befriend. The beauty of life is to give.
– William Arthur Ward
A leader isn’t good because they’re right. They’re good because they’re willing to learn and to trust.
– Stanley McChrystal
Life is the leader’s laboratory, and exemplary leaders use it to conduct as many experiments as possible. Try, fail, learn. Try, fail, learn. Try, fail, learn. That’s the leader’s mantra. Leaders are learners. They learn from their failures as well as their successes, and they make it possible for others to do the same.
– James Kouzes & Barry Posner
In times of change, learners inherit the Earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.
– Eric Hoffer
Life is the leader’s laboratory, and exemplary leaders use it to conduct as many experiments as possible. Try, fail, learn. Try, fail, learn. Try, fail, learn. That’s the leader’s mantra. Leaders are learners. They learn from their failures as well as their successes, and they make it possible for others to do the same.
– James Kouzes and Barry Posner
Optimism may sometimes be delusional, but pessimism is always delusional.
– Alan Cohen
…of change, learners inherit the Earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists
– Eric Hoffer
… to see things backwards, inside out, and upside down
– John Heider
…people think they’re thinking, they’ll love you. If you really make them think, they’ll hate you
– Don Marquis
… of fixed and unbending principles, the first of which is to be flexible at all times
– Everett Dirksen
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