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What Did You Say?
As your facilitator, I have a confession to make.
"Quotes" have been one of my obsessions since my early days in leadership.
There wouldn't be a closet big enough to hold all of them, and so I'm grateful for the electronic e-ease of storing them for future use.
Quotes point to your values, and beliefs...
To start off our year, I hope you enjoy this little selection about leadership, personal development and community development.
If you've got a fave, send it in! What's written at the bottom of your email messages?
We heard a few at the Retreat!
Click on "comments"...
"Successful people rarely confuse a can-do attitude with a smart plan. But they realize that one without the other is unlikely to get you very far.”
"I feel like I'm diagonally parked in a parallel universe."
“You can’t shrink your way to greatness! “
“If there’s time for an emergency, why isn’t there time for brilliance, generosity or learning? “
“You are not your resume, you are your work. “
- Seth Godin
COMMUNITY
"There is no power greater than a community discovering what it cares about.
Ask "What's possible?" not "What's wrong?" Keep asking.
Notice what you care about.
Assume that many others share your dreams.
Be brave enough to start a conversation that matters.
Talk to people you know.
Talk to people you don't know.
Talk to people you never talk to.
Be intrigued by the differences you hear.
Expect to be surprised.
Treasure curiosity more than certainty.
Invite in everybody who cares to work on what's possible.
Acknowledge that everyone is an expert about something.
Know that creative solutions come from new connections.
Remember, you don't fear people whose story you know.
Real listening always brings people closer together.
Trust that meaningful conversations can change your world.
Rely on human goodness. Stay together."
- Meg Wheatley
Always when judging
Who people are,
Remember to footnote
The words "So far."
~Robert Brault
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Adios! Kari...may you paddle smoothly on your next journey.
Welcome Rebecca and Pat...may you also enjoy this ride:)
Best!
Maggie
1 comment:
I love quotes!
Here are a few of my favourites:
'Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear'. ~ Ambrose Redmoon
'It's never to late to be what you might have been' ~ George Eliot
'A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes' ~ Mark Twain
'If you want to know waht a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals'. ~ JK Rowling (Sirius Black)
'Observe your enemies, for they first find out your faults' ~ Antisthenes
and my personal favourite:
'The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart' ~ Helen Keller
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