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We must offer people a vision of how things could be and the opportunity to connect with the people, projects, and movements that can bring this vision to fruition

And though there were no children playing, no doves, no blue-shadowed roof tiles, I felt that the town was alive. And that if I heard only silence, it was because I was not yet accustomed to silence - maybe because my head was still filled with sounds and voices.

When the Blake brothers finally retired, Friendly’s cycled through a series of owners until 2007, when it was acquired by the private-equity firm Sun Capital. Under Capital’s ownership, Friendly’s struggled. Among other things, the private-equity firm piled debt onto the business, and required it to sell and lease back the property for some 160

Consistency is key: The “Flywheel” concept is another valuable tool for managers. Collins describes it as the process of building momentum through consistent and disciplined actions, which over time lead to breakthrough results. For managers, this means focusing on steady, incremental improvements rather than seeking quick fixes or dramatic

Rather than feel lost, I take a pause, stop the spiral of anxious thoughts and remind myself that, when nothing is certain, anything is possible. Dr Ranj Singh,

that shared sense of having been discarded creates a solidarity among some imprisoned people that’s about “refusing to throw each other away.” Put simply, Cosby explains, “We refuse to abandon.”

You must be shapeless, formless, like water. When you pour water in a cup, it becomes the cup. When you pour water in a bottle, it becomes the bottle. When you pour water in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Water can drip and it can crash. Become like water my friend,” Bruce Lee, Bruce Lee: A Warrior’s Journey (Warner Home Video, 2000).

Never feel shame for trying and failing for he who has never failed is he who has never tried.

In a moment of despair, Phil turns to a couple drunks at a bowling alley bar and asks them, “What would you do if you were stuck in one place, and every day was exactly the same, and nothing that you did mattered?”

It’s the question Phil has to answer to advance the plot of the movie, but it’s also the question we have to answer to advance the plot