“Generous and authentic leadership will always defeat the selfish efforts of someone doing it just because she can.” ~ Seth Godin
“Reacting is intuitive and instinctive and usually dangerous. Managers react. Responding is a much better alternative. You respond to external stimuli with thoughtful action. Organizations respond to competitive threats. Individuals respond to colleagues or to opportunities. Response is always better than reaction. But both pale in comparison to initiative. Initiating is really and truly difficult, and that’s what leaders do. They see something others are ignoring and they jump on it. They cause the events that others have to react to. They make change.” ~ Seth Godin
“He who wishes to rule over the people must speak as if below them
He who wishes to lead the people must walk as if behind them
So the Sage rules over the people but he does not weigh them down
He leads the people but he does not block their way” ~ Tao Te Ching
“You don’t stop running because you get old, the Dipsea Demon always said. You get old because you stop running…. “ ~ Christopher McDougall