Fly the plane when a light bulb is out; do not let a small person’s objection keep you from your mission.
Stories rule. Remember that, before you attempt the art of persuasion again.
One cannot simply administrate a vision; one must inspire it!
We are not responsible for all the emotions and reactions our own growth and development as a person creates in others. We are responsible to be true to the mission.
Misguided leaders think, “I am right, and you’re wrong.” Enlightened leaders ask, “In what ways are we both right?” They know that truth often exists somewhere in the middle of differences.
Everthing good and pure and best will require a fight. Someone or something will oppose it. Soldier foward you brave warriors and warrior princesses who fight for what is right.
Being public is an epidermal issue. Go public with anything — your ideas, your personality, your reforms and you will be both poked and stroked.
People pleasing leaders have no enemies — that they know of. Leaders who are individualists know they have enemies and don’t mind.
Can a Christian live a Sermon on the Mount lifestyle in government? The sheep thrive among the wolves when they follow the shepherd.
Being responsible for a public trust and being overly controlling of that trust are not that far apart. Being responsible means protecting while still allowing appropriate access. Such balancing is a fine art.
Behind most stonewalling, resistence or conflict is a belief system to address. You have several options to change that: attack the belief system or inspire another way of seeing things. I’d recommend that you inspire something else!
Entrenched leaders with resources sometimes have the emotional intelligence of smart rocks. As they do their job, the things “we had to do,” they process people like they move paper, labeling, filing, storing and discarding without awareness of passion, uniqueness, identity and above all — love.
