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A question from Nick Cammarata to inspire action:
"If I had 10x the agency I have, what would I do?"
Physician and educator Maria Montessori on leading others:
"The greatest sign of success for a teacher is to be able to say, "The children are now working as if I did not exist." But this holds true for leadership in general—give people space and they flourish."
Source: The Montessori Method (1912)​​​
Resourcing is not mentoring or coaching, both of which assume some kind of superior knowledge.
Carol Sanford • Indirect Work: A Regenerative Change Theory for Businesses, Communities, Institutions and Humans
Profound change rarely comes from direct interventions in the world. Rather, it comes from working indirectly over time, helping people engage consciously to develop their own understanding, motivations, aspirations, and will.
Carol Sanford • Indirect Work: A Regenerative Change Theory for Businesses, Communities, Institutions and Humans
You can't make this point better than Leslie Lamport did:
If you're thinking without writing, you only think you're thinking.
Paul Graham • Writes and Write-Nots
To invent your own life's meaning is not easy, but it's still allowed, and I think you'll be happier for the trouble.