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The more we know about ourselves and our world, the freer we are to achieve everything we are capable of achieving.
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065 |
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Clearly, to become a true leader, one must know the world as well as one knows one’s self.
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068 |
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Study, travel, people, work, play, reflection, all are sources of knowledge and understanding, but so, curiously, are mistakes.
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088 |
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To do anything well requires knowing what it is that you’re doing, and you can only know what you’re really doing by making the process conscious – reflecting on yourself, reflecting on the task, and coming to a resolution.
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113 |
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Leaders differ from others in their constant appetite for knowledge and experience, and as their worlds widen and become more complex, so too do their means of understanding.
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131 |
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Competence, or knowledge, without vision and virtue, breeds technocrats. Virtue, without vision and knowledge, breeds idealogues. Vision, without virtue and knowledge, breeds demagogues.
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155 |
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[Leaders] must acknowledge uncertainties and deal effectively with the present, while simultaneously anticipating and responding to the future.
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155 |
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True leaders must be global strategists, innovators, masters of technology, all of which require new knowledge and understanding, which far too few companies supply, or even encourage.
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177 |
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Because most of us are not automatically self-correcting and because our blind spots keep us from knowing when we need to be, external procedures must be in place to correct the errors that human beings will inevitably make and reduce the chances of future ones.
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297 |
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What got us here won’t get us there, and knowing who our Worthy Rivals are is the best way to help us improve and adapt before it’s too late.
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180 |
