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The World Doesn't Need More Thought Leaders
Life is fierce and difficult. There is no life we can live without being subject to grief, loss and heartbreak. Half of every conversation is mediated through disappearance. Thus, there is every reason to want to retreat from life, to carry torches that illuminate only our own view, to make enemies of life and of others, to hate what we cannot unde
... See moreDavid Whyte • David Whyte
These days everyone wants to be a leader before they've been led.
Everyone wants to guide before they've been guided.
Everyone wants to teach before they've been taught.
We're surrounded by voices that have never been tempered by fire, never been reduced to ash, never spent time in the depths learning what it means to be reconstructed by life itself.
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Everyone wants to guide before they've been guided.
Everyone wants to teach before they've been taught.
We're surrounded by voices that have never been tempered by fire, never been reduced to ash, never spent time in the depths learning what it means to be reconstructed by life itself.
T... See more
The World Doesn't Need More Thought Leaders
Autobiography of a Restless Mind: Reflections on the Human Condition Volume 1
Dee Hock • 2 highlights
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Thought-leaders spend their entire lives running from their initiatory fires, avoiding the ash, and living in denial of their own depth. That’s what makes them so shallow.
Wisdom keepers learn recognize the invitation into immolation when it comes. They know that the fire isn't trying to destroy them - it's trying to reveal them.
Wisdom keepers learn recognize the invitation into immolation when it comes. They know that the fire isn't trying to destroy them - it's trying to reveal them.
Evan Meyer • The World Doesn't Need More Thought Leaders
