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“A leader is one who... Has more faith in people than they do, and . . . who holds opportunities open long enough for their competence to re-emerge.”

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Margaret J. Wheatley

Margaret J. Wheatley is a renowned writer known for her work on organizational development and leadership. Born on August 17, 1944, her writings are celebrated for their deep insights into complexity and change. more

“Leadership is a concept we often resist. It seems immodest, even self-aggrandizing, to think of ourselves as leaders. But if it is true that we are part of a community, then leadership is everyone's vocation, and it can be an evasion to insist that it is not. When we live in the close-knit ecosystem called community, everyone follows and everyone leads.”

Ifs Thinking Self Seems Community Leader Concepts Vocation Ecosystems Evasion

Author:Parker J. Palmer

“Every person lives his real, most interesting life under the cover of secrecy.”

Persons Real Interesting Secrecy Most Interesting Interesting Life

Author:Anton Chekhov

“The overriding problem with our country, and our world in general, is that we are, in large part, managed by incompetents. Most of these are men who have spent their lives seeking power rather than themselves.”

Men World Country Problem Seeking Our Country Our World

Book:One good road is enough: essays

Source: One good road is enough: essays

“War is progress, peace is stagnation.”

War Progress Stagnation

Author:Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

“You show me pollution and I will show you people who are not paying their own way, people who are stealing from the public, people who are getting the public to pay their costs of production. All environmental pollution is a subsidy.”

People Way Shows Pay Cost Environmental Productions Stealing Pollution Show Me Subsidies Environmental Pollution

Author:Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

“You are dependent if you allow the weaknesses of other people to ruin your emotional life!”

People Ifs Emotional Weakness Ruins Dependent Emotional Life

Author:Stephen Covey

“Every claim creates an obligation.”

Claims Obligation

Author:William James

“Instead of striving towards some distant goal that you will never reach, I invite you to stop and ask: How am I avoiding the enlightenment that is already present in each moment? How am I seeing separation where it doesn't exist?”

Moments Asks Goal Seeing Enlightenment Strive Separation Aspiration Invites Spiritual Wisdom Avoiding Spiritual Awakening Spiritual Transformation

Author:Adyashanti

“Happiness comes to them who bring happiness to others.”

Author:Zoroaster

“Realizing that nothing can last, that all is as dreamlike illusion.”

Lasts Realizing Illusion

Author:Tilopa

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