“Growth demands a temporary surrender of security. It may mean a giving up of familiar but limiting patterns, safe but unrewarding work, values no longer believed in, relationships that have lost their meaning. As Dostoevsky put it, "Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most." The real fear should be of the opposite course.” PeopleGivingShouldMayMeanRealValuesCoursesLostGrowthStepsSecuritySafeDemandGiving UpOppositesPatternsSurrenderFamiliarTemporaryNew Words Author:Gail Sheehy
“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.” InspirationalWholeActionLyingCoursesLeadershipSecretLeaderMilitaryHabitTestsMeetings Book:The man who changed the world: the lives of Mikhail S. Gorbachev Source: The man who changed the world: the lives of Mikhail S. Gorbachev
“According to the prevailing mythology, to be younger is to be better; therefore, we should expect to find young people in the majority of those who reflect high well-being... In fact, the one finding that registered more consistently and emphatically than any other in the course of my research was this: Older is better.” PeopleShouldWellsFactsAgeYoungCoursesFindingsResearchMajorityMythologyWell BeingConsistentlyPrevailing Author:Gail Sheehy
