“We are now facing a difficult situation in Peru, where there are attempts to cut back the territorial rights of the indigenous peoples, including moves to divide, fragment and privatise our communal organisations. Now more than ever, it is a matter of urgency for us to consolidate our own indigenous alternatives for development.” MatterMovingDifficultSituationCuttingRightsDevelopmentIncludingAlternativesDividesFragmentsIndigenousUrgencyOrganisationIndigenous PeoplePeruDifficult SituationsTerritorial Author:Evaristo Nugkuag
“Matter is merely mind deadened by the development of habit to the point where the breaking up of these habits is very difficult.” MindMatterDifficultDevelopmentHabit Book:The Presence of the Past: Morphic Resonance and the Habits of Nature Source: The Presence of the Past: Morphic Resonance and the Habits of Nature
“If only simplicity were not the most difficult of all things. It consists of watching objectively the development of any fragment of fantasy.” IfsDifficultFantasyDevelopmentAll ThingsSimplicityFragments Author:Carl Jung
“This is probably the most difficult task we have ever given ourselves, which is to intentionally transform the economic development model, for the first time in human history.” FirstsHumansGivenDifficultEconomicDevelopmentModelsFirst TimeTasksClimate ChangeGlobal WarmingHuman HistoryEconomic DevelopmentDifficult Tasks Author:Christiana Figueres
“The quality of health care continues to improve, and people are living longer, but these developments mean that we're likely to eventually find ourselves in a situation in which we're forced to make difficult choices about our parents, other loved ones, or even ourselves that ultimately boil down to calculations of worth and value.” PeopleMeanCareValuesChoicesParentDifficultQualitySituationDevelopmentHealth CareLoved OnesCalculationsDifficult Choices Author:Sheena Iyengar
“Events and developments that we have observed in 2014, prove that this year will be very difficult for the world economy, but thoughtful economic policy, diversification and unity between the country's leadership and people guarantee that this year will be successful for us.” PeopleWorldYearsCountryDifficultLeadershipEconomySuccessfulEconomicEventsPolicyDevelopmentProveUnityThoughtfulGuaranteesBeing SuccessfulGuarantees ThatEconomic PolicyWorld EconomyDiversification Author:Ilham Aliyev
“The team you belong to must come ahead of the team you lead: this is putting team results (e.g., organizational needs) ahead of individual agendas (e.g., the team or division you lead, your ego, your need for recognition, your career development, etc.) Confidentiality is respected downward more than it is respected upward. Organizational alignment is a direct result of this hierarchy (if it were the other way around, organizational alignment would be very difficult to achieve).” IfsWayNeedsWould BeIndividualDifficultResultsCareersTeamAchieveBuildingDevelopmentEgoDirectRecognitionEtcAgendasDivisionHierarchyTeam BuildingAlignmentCareer DevelopmentOrganizationalConfidentiality Author:Patrick Lencioni
“I have a feeling that any simple problem can be made arbitrarily difficult by imposing a suitably heavy administrative process around the development.” MadeFeelingsProblemProcessDifficultSimpleDevelopmentHeavyImposingAdministrative Author:Joe Armstrong
“When we have four or five players out it's very difficult to get any continuity at this stage in our development. If I pull the blanket over my head my feet get cold, and if I push it over my feet my head gets cold.” IfsDifficultFiveFourPlayerFeetStageColdDevelopmentContinuityBlanket Author:John Toshack
“As Americans, we have shown ourselves to have the greatest military on the face of the planet, but we are not so very good at anticipating threats and appreciating just how difficult it is to build up stable democracies, to make the investments and sustainable development that we must as a nation if we are to attack the root causes of these sorts of instability.” IfsFacesNationsCausesDifficultDemocracyMilitaryPlanetsDevelopmentAppreciateRootsThreatInvestmentVery GoodStableSustainable DevelopmentInstabilityRoot CauseGreatest Military Author:Martin O'Malley
“At the moment we are facing a whole collection of difficult to forecast developments from the situation in China and the oil-price crash to the worrying news from some banks in Europe and the US. All of that is linked: Worldwide company debt is high and there is a lot of money in circulation. That is why necessary structural reforms are not being made.” MadeWholeMomentsDifficultCompanySituationWorryDevelopmentNewsEuropeChinaDebtOilReformCollectionsLots Of MoneyCrashLinkedCirculationForecastsOil Price Author:Wolfgang Schauble
“If you look at the lives of artists, sitting in nature, painting, having the freedom. I think it's over. I think we're living in such a difficult moment of human development. Artists have more responsibility than ever before.” IfsThinkingHumansLooksMomentsArtistDifficultResponsibilityPaintingDevelopmentSittingHuman DevelopmentDifficult Moments Author:Marina Abramovic