"I think that notion of leadership is bankrupt."

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Source : "Lessons In Leadership: It's Not About You. (It's About Them)". "Morning Edition" with Linda Wertheimer, www.npr.org. November 11, 2013.

Ronald A. Heifetz

#Thinking Quotes #Notion Quotes

“It occurred to me, then, how nearly real life resembles the first rehearsal of a play. We are all of us stumbling through it, doing our best to say the proper lines and make the proper moves, but not quite comfortable yet in the parts we've been given. Still, like players who trust that -despite all evidence to the contrary- the whole mess will make sense eventually, we keep on going, hoping that somehow things will work out for the best.”

Source : Gary L. Blackwood (2003). “Shakespeare's Spy”, Dutton Childrens Books
“When I was the director of Central Intelligence in the early '90s, I tried to get the Air Force to partner with us in building drones. And they didn't want to, because they had no pilots.”
“On your worst days do not look in the mirror and call yourself pretty. Call yourself trying, call yourself surviving, call yourself learning how to get through a day, a week, a month or year. Call yourself still learning.”
“Would we as a nation be better off dealing with the truth rather than believing fantasies that prop up the Status Quo and the Fed's dearly beloved measure of the economy, the stock market? How often does accepting illusion help us navigate real life? Short answer: never.”

Source : "Here's The Sad Truth About The 'Best Job Growth Since 2006'". www.businessinsider.com. March 11, 2012.
“I don't see all the movies that come out.”
“The consumer today is the victim of the manufacturer who launches on him a regiment of products for which he must make room in his soul.”
“I think a lot of times we can get distracted and not be in the moment with people and be missing all the life happening in the moment.”
“Itâ€™s important to let go, calm down, and get grounded. We need to listen to ourselves. When one becomes aware that our present-moment thoughts are not productive, one should simply let them go. Change a negative thought to a positive one.”

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