Sublime

personal ambition under control;

In Great Groups the right person has the right job.

The capacity to align your actions with your values is central to acting with authenticity. It’s thinking through life’s choices in light of what you know matters most to you, despite social pressures to do otherwise. Developing this capacity is a lifelong journey. Obama devoted her senior year in college to exploring a social issue—one that also h

if they have a leader who puts people first, they actually achieve greater performance gains.

trying to increase people’s capacities, or else they’ve got to “get off the bus,” to quote Jim Collins.

To be in the top decile over the long run requires being strategic about where to invest your energy. Instead of fast and furious, intentional imperfection is slow and steady. It sacrifices the thrill of short-term rewards for the serenity of sustainable success. As Trosky deliberately approached his investments, you, too, can be selective about ho

Walking out of Varela’s office, I knew I had been handed a gift. What struck me about Varela’s description is that the three gestures or turning points in transforming one’s quality of attention match many of my own experiences in groups.

As someone who believes wholeheartedly that self-awareness is the greatest competitive advantage for a leader, I love the idea of developing tools and norms that promote it.

attention to what he was