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The very word "change" has changed. When I was young--and not just because I was young--we looked forward with confident impatience to change. Planned, controlled, beneficent change would continue to clear slums, sweep up the remains of empire, raise living and educational standards, tidy away--firmly but kindly--the last aboriginals who still raved about martial glory or the pride of wealth. Now, as it seems to me, change is set almost exclusively in the minor key, change seen overwhelmingly as loss.
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I know what I'm gonna do tomorrow, and the next day and the next year, and the year after that.
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I was playing with steel picks on a steel guitar, and there was no amplification needed.
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I've learned over and over that life happens on its own terms, not mine.
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I take as my fundamental starting point the fundamental distinction between work and interaction
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I left London in 1992, but I'm there 3-4 times a year, and love visiting.
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The needle rocked awkwardly and at the end of her beginning rows, Isabel held up her work to show Esperanza. "Mine is all crooked!" Esperanza smiled and reached over and gently pulled the yarn, unraveling the uneven stitches. Then she looked into Isabel's trusting eyes and said, "Do not ever be afraid to start over.
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To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funny bone.
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I was bullied by a few people who were much older than me. I went to camp to learn boxing. I was 12, and my coach was 24. I felt like if I could fight him, I could stand up to anyone.
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The healthiest companies are always characterized by organic talent development.
