“The people who are rising, they're super ambitious. They have relationships with people above them. They have relationships, hierarchical, sort of people below them. A lot of people do not have relationships horizontally. And there's a lot of people who reach high political offices, but who are weirdly lonely, weirdly lacking in intimacy skills.” PeoplePoliticalSkillsOfficeLonelyIntimacyRisingAmbitiousLacking Author:Mark Shields
“The health of your family or your office or your city directly affects the health of it after. The better you are at handling high-stress situations with little information, those skills lead to resilience and the ability to recover afterward.” LittlesAbilityCitiesSituationInformationSkillsOfficeStressResilienceOur Family Author:Amanda Ripley
“Campaigns often make standing on principle the highest of virtues - and listening to your opponents a sure sign of weakness. It's the virtual opposite of what it takes to succeed in office. Squaring the circle takes a powerful combination of skills. But presidents who can campaign and compromise are generally the most successful.” PresidentPowerfulPrinciplesVirtueSuccessfulListeningSucceedSkillsOfficeHighestWeaknessStandingOppositesCampaignsCirclesCompromiseCombinationOpponents Author:Dee Dee Myers
“Let us do our duty in our shop or our kitchen, in the market, the street, the office, the school, the home, just as faithfully as if we stood in the front rank of some great battle, and knew that victory for mankind depended on our bravery, strength, and skill. When we do that, the humblest of us will be serving in that great army which achieves the welfare of the world.” IfsWorldLifeHomeSchoolSuccessJusticeStreetsAchieveMankindFrontsDutyVictoryBattleSkillsOfficeArmyBraveryWelfareKitchenShopsServingGreat BattleGreat Army Book:The Collected Works of Theodore Parker: Lessons from the world of matter and the world of man Source: The Collected Works of Theodore Parker: Lessons from the world of matter and the world of man