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"We do as much harm holding onto programs and people past their natural life span as we do when we employ massive organizational air strikes. However, destroying comes at the end of life's cycle, not as a first response."
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"The condition you're in at this moment is the product of your previous thoughts, to change your condition, change your thoughts."
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"And there wasn't anything he wanted to do that he couldn't make time for. What did he have to mope about, really? What more did he want? Love, he could hear Eve saying. Purpose. Love. Purpose. Those are the things that you can't plan for. Those are the things that just happen. And what if they don't happen? Do you spend your whole life pining for them? Waiting to be happy?"
"An artist is he for whom the goal and center of life is to form his mind."
"To say something great, you must first stop trying to say something great! Sometimes struggling is an obstacle to reach the target! Flow like a river, calmly, naturally, enjoying the present moment, without thinking of the ocean and finally you will be there!"
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"Destroying is a necessary function in life. Everything has its season, and all things eventually lose their effectiveness and die."
"I think we have to notice that the business processes we use right now for thinking and planning and budgeting and strategy are all delivered on very tight agendas."
"I believe that the capacity that any organisation needs is for leadership to appear anywhere it is needed, when it is needed."
"Organisations are now confronted with two sources of change: the traditional type that is initiated and managed; and external changes over which no one has control."
"I've wanted to see beyond the Western, mechanical view of the world and see what else might appear when the lens was changed."
"Our willingness to acknowledge that we only see half the picture creates the conditions that make us more attractive to others. The more sincerely we acknowledge our need for their different insights and perspectives, the more they will be magnetized to join us."
"Circles create soothing space, where even reticent people can realize that their voice is welcome."
"Probably the most visible example of unintended consequences, is what happens every time humans try to change the natural ecology of a place."
"Listening is such a simple act. It requires us to be present, and that takes practice, but we don't have to do anything else. We don't have to advise, or coach, or sound wise. We just have to be willing to sit there and listen."
"Without reflection, we go blindly on our way, creating more unintended consequences, and failing to achieve anything useful."
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