"What people resist is not change per se, but loss."

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Source : Ronald A. Heifetz, Marty Linsky, Alexander Grashow (2014). “Adaptive Leadership: The Heifetz Collection (3 Items)”, p.185, Harvard Business Review Press

Ronald A. Heifetz

#Loss Quotes #People Quotes

“The scum of the People are most Tyrannical when they get the Power, and treat their Betters with the greatest Insolence.”
“There are times over different projects when I've asked the writers why people are swearing for no good reason. I tell them that it would be funnier if there weren't these swear words.”
“I love children. I've always loved children.”
“There is no innovation and creativity without failure. Period.”
“I've always thought that gaming and YouTube and the web is a very post-punk extravaganza.”
“Punishing enemies and rewarding friends - politics Chicago style - seems to be the unifying principle that helps explain the Obamacare waivers, the NLRB action against Boeing and IRS's gift tax assault on 501(c)(4) donors. They look like examples of crony capitalism, bailout favoritism and gangster government. One thing they don't look like is the rule of law.”
“I think happiness is overrated. Satisfied, at peace-those would be more realistic goals.”
“One is not quite certain that creativeness in the arts, literature, and science functions best in an environment of absolute freedom. Chances are that a relatively mild tyranny stimulates creativeness.”

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