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If you want to build a ship, then don't drum
up men to gather wood, give orders and divide the work. Rather, teach
them to yearn for the far and endless sea.
(Antoine De Saint-Exupery)
When a goal is really good, it doesn't just belong to
you. A transformation occurs, and you belong to it. It makes you proud
and humble both at the same time.
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Topic: Self Awareness
No one can develop anything apart from themselves.
The door to development is locked from the inside.
(Chris Argyris) |
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“CHANGE
BEFORE YOU HAVE TO”
Jack Welch, CEO, General Electric |
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“THINGS ARE MORE LIKE THEY
ARE NOW THAN THEY EVER HAVE BEEN”
Dwight P. Eisenhower
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“IN THE FIGHT BETWEEN YOU &
THE WORLD, BACK THE WORLD”
Franz Kafka
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“PROGRESS MIGHT HAVE BEEN ALL
RIGHT ONCE, BUT IT HAS GONE ON TOO LONG”
Ogden Nash
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“I WAS GOING TO BUY A COPY
OF THE POWER OF POSITIVE THINKING, & THEN I THOUGHT: WHAT THE HELL GOOD
WOULD THAT DO?”
Ronnie Shakes
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“PICK BATTLES BIG ENOUGH TO
MATTER, SMALL ENOUGH TO WIN”
Jonathan Kozol
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“I’VE TRIED RELAXING,
BUT – I DON’T KNOW – I FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE TENSE”
Caption for Hamilton cartoon |
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“THE TROUBLE WITH THE FUTURE
IS THAT IT USUALLY ARRIVES BEFORE WE’RE READY FOR IT”
Arnold H. Glasgow
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“WHAT LIES BEHIND US &
BEFORE US ARE TINY MATTERS COMPARED TO WHAT LIES WITHIN US”
Oliver Wendell Holmes
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“THINGS WHICH MATTER MOST SHOULD
NEVER BE AT THE MERCY OF THINGS WHICH MATTER LEAST”
Goethe
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“THERE IS NOTHING MORE DIFFICULT
TO PLAN, MORE DOUBTFUL OF SUCCESS, NOR MORE DANGEROUS TO MANAGE THAN THE
CREATION OF A NEW SYSTEM. FOR THE INITIATOR HAS THE EMNITY OF ALL WHO WOULD
PROFIT BY THE PRESERVATION OF THE OLD INSTITUTIONS, & MERELY LUKEWARM
DEFENDERS IN THOSE WEHO SHOULD GAIN BY THE NEW ONES”
Machiavelli
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“IF YOU HAVE ALWAYS DONE IT
THAT WAY, IT IS PROBABLY WRONG”
Charles Kettering
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“FACED WITH THE CHOICE BETWEEN
CHANGING ONE’S MIND & PROVING THAT THERE’S NO NEED TO DO
SO, EVERYBODY GETS BUSY ON THE PROOF”
J.K. Galbraith
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“RUNNING A COMPANY IS EASY WHEN YOU DON’T KNOW HOW, BUT VERY
DIFFICULT WHEN YOU DO”
Price Pritchett
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“THINGS WILL GET BETTER –
DESPITE OUR EFFORTS TO IMPROVE THEM”
Will Rogers
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“THE PURE & SIMPLE TRUTH
IS RARELY PURE & NEVER SIMPLE”
Oscar Wilde
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