“The improvisational ability to lead adaptively relies on responding to the present situation rather than importing the past into the present and laying it on the current situation like an imperfect template.” PastAbilitySituationCurrentsRelyImperfectRespondingCurrent SituationPresent Situation Author:Ronald A. Heifetz
“When you are relaxed and you hear what you know is the truth, regardless of your experience, you love. You love the truth. You love hearing, knowing, responding to the truth, because all of that is really you.” KnowsKnowingLove YouTruth IsHearingRelaxedResponding Author:John de Ruiter
“Listening and hearing are two different things, and acting is comprehending what the person is saying, thinking how it makes you feel and responding. That's the key to really honest, truthful, compelling performance.” ThinkingFeelsPersonsTwoDifferentActingHonestKeysListeningPerformancesHearingDifferent ThingsTruthfulCompellingRespondingHonest TruthTwo Different ThingsComprehendingListening And Hearing Author:David Wenham
“If God seems slow in responding, it is because He is preparing a better gift. He will not deny us. God withholds what you are not yet ready for. He wants you to have a lively desire for His greatest gifts. All of which is to say, pray always and do not lose heart.” IfsWantHeartSeemsDesireLosesPrayerReadyPrayingDenyPreparingRespondingLivelyGreatest Gifts Author:Saint Augustine
“There is an urgent need for the emergence of a new generation of apostles anchored firmly in the word of Christ, capable of responding to the challenges of our times and prepared to spread the Gospel far and wide.” NeedsChristChallengesGenerationsCapablePreparedSpreadWideOur TimeUrgentApostlesRespondingNew GenerationEmergence Author:Pope Benedict XVI
“When you're doing a play you get to go full speed ahead, all night, in front of an audience. It's a roller-coaster ride, responding to other actors, it feeds you.” PlayNightActorsAudienceFrontsSpeedAll NightRespondingRoller CoasterCoastersRoller Coaster Rides Author:Sean Patrick Thomas
“From the happy-go-lucky days of oil exploration and drilling, when a lot of easy sources were being found and easily managed, we're gotten ourselves into this sort of apocalyptic time. We're willing to destroy almost everything, risk almost anything, and go ahead with techniques for which we have no way of responding to the known problems.” WayProblemFoundEasyKnownRiskWillingSourceLuckyOilTechniqueExplorationRespondingApocalypticDrillingHappy Go LuckyLucky Day Author:Carl Safina
“In country music, there are certain female artists, like Gretchen Wilson, where you're going to find lesbians because they're responding to that more aggressive side.” CountryArtistCertainSidesFemaleAggressiveRespondingWilsonFemale Artists Author:Melissa Etheridge
“Here's a memonic device that I feel teaches how we can properly cope with failure. Forget about your failures; don't dwell on past mistakes Anticipate failure; realize that we all make mistakes. Intensity in everything you do; never be a failure for lack of effort. Learn from your mistakes; don't repeat previous errors. Understand why you failed; diagnose your mistakes so as to not repeat them. Respond, don't react to errors; responding corrects mistakes while reacting magnifies them. Elevate your self-concept. It's OK to fail, everyone does; now how are you going to deal with the failure” FeelsDoeSelfPastSportsRealizingLeadershipForgetDealsEffortMistakeTeachFailingConceptsErrorsRepeatsMaking MistakesDevicesIntensityAnticipateRespondingReactingLearn From Your MistakesWe All Make MistakesSelf ConceptPast Mistakes Author:Steve Largent
“This is probably the biggest environmental disaster we have ever faced in this country. It is certainly the biggest oil spill and we are responding with the biggest environmental response.” CountryResponseEnvironmentalOilDisasterRespondingSpillsOil Spill Author:Carol Browner
“Trend following is an exercise in observing and responding to the ever-present moment of now” MomentsExerciseFollowingPresent MomentTrendsObservingResponding Author:Ed Seykota
“Things that are good are good, and if one is responding to that goodness one is in contact with a truth from which one is getting something. The truth is doing us good. The truth of the sunshine, the truth of the rain, the truth of the fresh air, the truth of the wind in the trees, these are truths. And they are always accessible!” IfsWayFormNaturalAirTreePositionWindHigherGoodnessRainProfitContactSunshineRespondingRejectingFresh AirWind In The Trees Author:Thomas Merton
“In this there are no options, just response, awareness responding to knowing. All the way in and all the way out. This isn’t of the earth - this is of the everything.” WayEarthKnowingAwarenessResponseResponding Author:John de Ruiter
“Online I see people committing 'social media suicide' all the time by one of two ways. Firstly by responding to all criticism, meaning you're never going to find time to complete important milestones of your own, and by responding to things that don't warrant a response. This lends more credibility by driving traffic.” PeopleWayTwoImportantSocialMediaCriticismSuicideResponseSocial MediaDrivingOnlineTrafficCredibilityTwo WaysRespondingWarrantsMilestone Author:Tim Ferriss
“Happiness is only available with total acceptance of who you are, including all your fears, worries, and anxiety. It will be there for you when you can see your own inner beauty. You cannot achieve happiness without using your past, your flaws, insecurities, and imperfections in a positive way. It is about letting go and detaching from unhealthy people, ideas, and lifestyle choices, and replacing them with interdependent, pro-active ways of thinking and responding.” PeopleThinkingWayIdeasPastHappinessChoicesWorryAchieveAcceptanceLetting GoAnxietyWho You AreIncludingAvailableActiveLifestyleInsecurityFlawsImperfectionOur PastInner BeautyYour PastWay Of ThinkingRespondingUnhealthyLifestyle Choices Author:Lucinda Bassett
“So when I was 24, someone suggested to me that I was bipolar, and I thought that was ridiculous. I just thought he was trying to get out of treating me. But he was also responding to the chaotic nature of my life.” TryingRidiculousChaoticRespondingBipolar Author:Carrie Fisher
“We must remember that democracy works when given time to develop, mature and deliver. People must have access to information for informed debate. Government institutions must treat citizens fairly, and with dignity, while responding to their needs.” PeopleNeedsGovernmentRememberGivenDemocracyInformationCitizensDignityTreatsInstitutionsAccessDebateMatureRespondingAccess To Information Author:Atifete Jahjaga
“I enjoy being on stage with other artists. I have a chance to watch and see people responding to the other artists songs. I get to see how people are affected by the music.” PeopleArtistSongEnjoyChanceWatchesStageAffectedResponding Author:Steven Curtis Chapman
“Salads was a big indicator of that - there was a huge market out there for it. And why not tap it? Some of the things we are doing now around the globe are responding to customers. It's not because some guy sued you.” BigsGuyHugeCustomersWhy NotGlobesSaladRespondingIndicators Author:Jim Cantalupo
“I have my own experience in Indonesia, of course. Sometimes in these transition situations, the new governments are still clumsy and awkward in responding to this new environment in which they operate. The only thing in their DNA is the old regime.” StillsSometimesGovernmentCoursesMy OwnSituationEnvironmentTransitionRegimesAwkwardDnaIndonesiaRespondingClumsyNew GovernmentNew Environment Author:Sri Mulyani Indrawati