“From a leader's perspective, the most serious betrayal has to do with thwarting human potential, with quenching the spirit, with failing to deal equitably with each other as human beings.” HumansSpiritHuman BeingsDealsLeaderFailingSeriousPerspectiveBetrayalHuman Potential Book:Leadership Jazz - Revised Edition: The Essential Elements of a Great Leader Source: Leadership Jazz - Revised Edition: The Essential Elements of a Great Leader
“That is who Barack Obama is - a person of admirable character - and that is who he has remained for me over these last four years. I have not agreed with his every decision, but never once have I seen him break his cool, lose his composure, or abandon his insightful perspective - even during the most serious and/or absurd national disasters.” YearsPersonsCharacterLastsLosesDecisionBreakFourSeriousPerspectiveDisasterAbsurdBarackAbandonInsightfulFour YearsAdmirableComposure Author:Elizabeth Gilbert
“Every time I try to disown that concept for myself, which is a really healthy perspective, they bring it back all the time. It's so serious and so real and so tangible that you don't want to taint it with anything other than the thing itself. I was tickled pink with my very zen self, walking around saying that I made a record because I wanted to make a record. That's so beautiful. It's like a haiku poem. That takes away all the tension and the expectation. I just want to try to do something interesting.” WantTryingMadeRealSelfWantedBeautifulInterestingRecordsSeriousPerspectiveWalkingHealthyExpectationsConceptsTensionTangibleHaikuSomething Interesting Author:Gavin Rossdale
“I think the fact that this was a essentially a person under [China] protection and the North Koreans went and assassinated [Kim Jong-nam], this made be the straw that really does it. And as you know, just a couple of weeks ago, the Chinese stopped all coal imports from North Korea.So there are signs that are getting serious. I guess from the policy perspective from the U.S., I mean, we got to decide what`s important to us with China?” ThinkingKnowsMeanPersonsDoeMadeImportantFactsWeekPolicySeriousPerspectiveCoupleChinaProtectionChineseCoalKoreaNorth KoreaKoreanWhat's ImportantStrawsImportsKimNorth Korean Author:Christopher R. Hill