Quotes
Authors
William Bridges

"It isn't the changes that do you in, it's the transitions. Change is not the same as transition. Change is situational: the new site, the new boss, the new team roles, the new policy. Transition is the psychological process people go through to come to terms with the new situation. Change is external, transition is internal"

Source : William Bridges (2011). “Managing Transitions: Making the Most of Change”, p.14, Nicholas Brealey Publishing

William Bridges

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“It's weird to make a decision where everyone in your life disapproves, pretty vocally and directly. They said, "You've got one year left. Just do it." I had a full scholarship so I didn't have to pay for it. They asked, "Why don't you just get the degree so you can have it?" And I said, "You don't understand. I was trying to figure out what I wanted to do and now I know. I have the answer and it's dumb to waste any more time."”
“I didn’t even know I could write music, but somehow Walt did. He tapped my hidden talents.”
“It is a characteristic of pleasure that we can never recognize it to be pleasure till after it is gone.”

Source : Alexander Smith (1863). “Dreamthorp: A Book of Essays Written in the Country”, p.60
“Overcoming fear and conceiving this 'art of more' should be a fundamental practice in what it is that you do and make.”
“There is a spirit which I feel that delights to do no evil, nor to revenge any wrong, but delights to endure all things, in hope to enjoy its own in the end. Its hope is to outlive all wrath and contention, and to weary out all exaltation and cruelty, or whatever is of a nature contrary to itself”
“The mind is trained from a very young age to think that life moves from one worry to the other or from one pain to another, never from one joy to another. If you feel there is something wrong with what you are seeing, then you should look back in at yourself because what you see outside is only a reflection of what is inside you.”
“Image is something you construct, while reputation starts at home. If you are able to pass on solid values to your children, then they can become citizens of the world.”
“Of course, I have given my engineers some headaches over the years, but they go with me. I have always wanted my buildings to be as light as possible, to touch the ground gently, to swoop and soar, and to surprise.”

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