"We cling to hierarchies because our place in a hierarchy is, rightly or wrongly, a major indicator of our social worth."

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Source : Harold J. Leavitt (2005). “Top Down: Why Hierarchies are Here to Stay and how to Manage Them More Effectively”, p.35, Harvard Business Press

Harold Leavitt

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“Change is the process by which the future invades our lives.”

Source : alvin toffler (1970). “future shock”
“The most dangerous men on earth are those who are afraid they are wimps”
“Enlightenment is beyond self-improvement and spiritual seeking. It is the final resolution of a case of mistaken identity. It is the direct recognition of your eternal nature and the seeing through of who you have falsely believed yourself to be.”
“I'm an artist...The difference is that I don't tell anybody. I refuse to give them new reasons to laugh at me.”
“It is a decision that compassion is more important than fear, than fitting in, than following the crowd.”

Source : Glennon Doyle Melton (2014). “Carry On, Warrior: The Power of Embracing Your Messy, Beautiful Life”, p.123, Simon and Schuster
“Someone who is elated with wine speaks the truth on all subjects, even without meaning to. In the same way, anyone who is inebriated with the spirit of penitence will never be able to tell lies.”
“I'm a coward when it comes to matters of the heart. That is my fatal flaw.”
“I know a baseball star who wouldn't report the theft of his wife's credit cards because the thief spends less than she does.”

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