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"Probably the most visible example of unintended consequences, is what happens every time humans try to change the natural ecology of a place."
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"You can change a life by touching someone with simple, beautiful, kind, words and a loving smile."
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"We have to change our thoughts before things can change."
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"Anyway, it's like with bikes,' said the first speaker authoritatively. 'I thought I was going to get this bike with seven gears and one of them razorblade saddles and purple paint and everything, and they gave me this light blue one. With a basket. A girl's bike.''Well. You're a girl,' said one of the others.'That's sexism, that is. Going around giving people girly presents just because they're a girl."
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"You may turn every house in your neighborhood into a charity center, you may fill the land with soup-kitchens, but the misery of humans will still continue to exist until the character of humanity changes."
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"When you meet someone, and you find that they are prejudiced against your kind, it might be your chance, not to confirm, but to be the one to finally change their mind."
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"Every living object has to change every moment just to live."
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"Change is the rule. Permanence is an illusion."
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"Losing your job gives you the opportunity to make your life count."
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"If you don't like the solution, change the problem."
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"Dwarfs were not a naturally religious species, but in a world where pit props could crack without warning and pockets of fire damp could suddenly explode they'd seen the need for gods as the sort of supernatural equivalent of a hard hat. Besides, when you hit your thumb with an eight-pound hammer it's nice to be able to blaspheme. It takes a very special and strong-minded kind of atheist to jump up and down with their hand clasped under their other armpit and shout, "Oh, random-fluctuations-in-the-space-time-continuum!" or "Aaargh, primitive-and-outmoded-concept on a crutch!"
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"When we can lay down our fear and anger and choose responses other than aggression, we create the conditions for bringing out the best in us humans."
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"Without aggression, it becomes possible to think well, to be curious about differences, and to enjoy each other's company."
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"I believe that the capacity that any organisation needs is for leadership to appear anywhere it is needed, when it is needed."
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"We know from science that nothing in the universe exists as an isolated or independent entity."
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"Too many problem-solving sessions become battlegrounds where decisions are made based on power rather than intelligence."
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"Thinking is the place where intelligent actions begin. We pause long enough to look more carefully at a situation, to see more of its character, to think about why it's happening, to notice how it's affecting us and others."
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"Most people associate command and control leadership with the military."
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"And time for reflection with colleagues is for me a lifesaver; it is not just a nice thing to do if you have the time. It is the only way you can survive."
Time
"The nature of the global business environment guarantees that no matter how hard we work to create a stable and healthy organisation, our organisation will continue to experience dramatic changes far beyond our control."
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"We have created trouble for ourselves in organizations by confusing control with order."
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