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We need to wander through all the woods at our disposal, and out of all that to begin to understand ourselves and the world.
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088 |
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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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Experiences aren’t truly yours until you think about them, analyze them, examine them, question them, reflect on them, and finally understand them.
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092 |
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In order to avoid booby-trapping ourselves… we must understand that drive is healthy only when married to desire.
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123 |
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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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Ultimately, a leader’s ability to galvanize his or her co-workers resides both in self understanding and in understanding the co-workers’ needs and wants…
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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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A richer understanding of how and why our minds work as they do is the first step toward breaking the self-justification habit.
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053 |
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…an understanding of memory and self-justification leads us to a more nuanced perspective: a person doesn’t have to be lying to be wrong.
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108 |
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…misunderstanding, conflicts, personality differences, and even angry quarrels are not the assassins of love; self-justification is.
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227 |
