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How to Human43
Kate Smalley

“Don’t pack whatever is easiest or most available into the emptiness. Hold out for the right medicine. You will recognize it because it makes your lif

I will have to remember, ‘I am here today to cross the swamp, not to fight all the alligators.’” (Rosamund and Benjamin Zander)

You think that because you understand "one" that you must therefore understand "two" because one and one make two. But you forget that you must also u

“How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.” ― Henry David Thoreau

Facilitating Change2
Kate Smalley

If you want to understand someone’s dreams, ask: How can I help you become the person you want to be?

Communication, Language, Form4
Kate Smalley

Words are really honest presences. They always show what’s going on. Show me the words you use and I’ll have a fair ideas of what’s happening or not h

Language is like the earth. It has a huge vitality.

“Is this worth saying? Is it said clearly? Is it said beautifully?” — Parker J. Palmer, A Hidden Wholeness

people don’t buy products when they understand them. they buy products when they feel understood.

The Emergent Now11
Kate Smalley

"We lost public spaces. Online public spaces. Facebook and Google are shopping malls, but we think they are parks!" — Aral Balkan

"Let me start by stating something obvious: in the last decade, technology has transformed from a tool that we use to a place where we live. If we’re

Art in Containers22
Kate Smalley

"Don’t you think they’re maybe the same thing. Love, and attention?" — Lady Bird

I love the question @jordancooper asks founders- “if there were one thing i needed to understand to see as much value in your business as you do, w

Work3
Kate Smalley

Your employees should describe you as "easy to understand." — via notes from Anna Wintours biography

“The key seems to be to find a restful yet attention presence in the midst of our work, to open up a spaciousness even in the center of our responsibi

Business Trends & Patterns2
Kate Smalley