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What we consider our gifts are not really meant for us. We are just the middle man, the delivery mechanism. They are not just gifts to us. They are ultimately meant as gifts from us.

What “guilty” pleasure might you more fully allow yourself to just have fun with?

We face many urgent problems that deserve our urgent attention. Of course. But a lack of beauty is not one of them.

We do not choose what we dream. At best, we can choose which of our many dreams we pursue.

Being just out of your depth isn’t evidence that you’ve gone too far. It’s evidence that you are exactly where you want to be.

At its core, leadership is really about leading yourself to the fullest expression of your unique gifts and perspectives, regardless of your title and authority.

Leadership is not necessarily about setting a vision or making decision for others. Perhaps the highest form of leadership is simply about creating a vision for yourself and boldly sharing it with the world.

Our worlds are now impossibly vast and complex. Now more than ever, we must find a way to untangle the knot of chaos and complexity all around us into something comprehensible and manageable.

Change is not only the end results that we can witness. Change is also the processes that we undergo within ourselves, our communities, and our organizations that produce those results.

Profound social transformation typically takes place over generations. Self-transformation happens over years if not decades. But growth toward those ends can happen today, perhaps even in a single moment.