Michael Schreiber
@schreibrations
Michael Schreiber
@schreibrations
History’s heroes know something the rest of us don’t: fear isn’t the enemy; inaction is. What we have to learn to do is lean into the things that hold us back, to move through the pain and push forward.
Agency is the capacity to act. Gaining agency is gaining the capacity to do something different from the rigid path of events that simply happen to you. Remarkable people typically go off-script early, usually in more than one way. Carnegie becoming a telegraph message boy is one opportunity; asking how to operate the telegraph is another. He was
... See moreI believe that focusing on something other than the business at hand can be the most effective way to solve complex problems. When the mind is allowed to relax, inspiration often follows.
without the grand shows and displays, the burning of incense and the lighting of forty million candles and all of the Gregorian chants or the rock and roll or whatever you choose, without any of it—in the silent temple of your heart, you make a simple choice: In this moment, I am going to discover what it means to teach only Love.
Leadership is not about forcing your will on others. It’s about mastering the art of letting go.
“God is simple. Everything else is complex. Do not seek absolute values in the relative world of nature.”
Reflection is the most difficult of all our activities because we are no longer able to establish relative priorities from the multitude of sensations that engulf us.