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“That the only thing that really matters in life are your relationships to other people.”
Joshua Wolf Shenk • What Makes Us Happy?
But talent matters only when the talent shows up.
Joshua Wolf Shenk • Powers of Two: Finding the Essence of Innovation in Creative Pairs
“Creative individuals alternate order and disorder, simplicity and complexity, sanity and craziness in an ongoing process.”
Joshua Wolf Shenk • Powers of Two: Finding the Essence of Innovation in Creative Pairs
Power is to relationships what gravity is to matter.
Joshua Wolf Shenk • Powers of Two: Finding the Essence of Innovation in Creative Pairs
A good conversationalist is capable of leading people on a mutual expedition toward understanding.
David Brooks • How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
1. Think about people in your life you view as mentors, or role models, or whom you simply most admire. Which specific qualities of theirs come to mind? 2. Imagine one of your children—or a person to whom you are especially close—describing you to others. What are the qualities you’d hope he or she would cite?
Tony Schwartz, Jean Gomes, Catherine McCarthy • The Way We're Working Isn't Working
What are the kinds of experiences that can kindle a life-altering enchantment?