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These people have mastered the art of being completely focused, while at the same time, completely relaxed.
Robert Fritz • The Path of Least Resistance for Artists: The Structure and Spirit of the Creative Process
to “dare to be boring.” To just listen while acting. To simply breathe. To BE the character and see the world through the character’s eyes, without amplifying my performance in any way, shape, or form.
Rainn Wilson • The Bassoon King: Art, Idiocy, and Other Sordid Tales from the Band Room
As is implied throughout this exploration of the experience of the artist as a primary metaphor for the reimagination of leadership, to be an artist is to be invested in the work.
Sharon Daloz Parks • Leadership Can Be Taught: A Bold Approach for a Complex World
Artists learn “everything they can about the medium(s) with which they work … what they can expect from it and where it will fall short.”
Sharon Daloz Parks • Leadership Can Be Taught: A Bold Approach for a Complex World
Good interventions also take into account the resources available in your organization.
Ronald A. Heifetz • The Practice of Adaptive Leadership: Tools and Tactics for Changing Your Organization and the World
LIFE-CHANGING MAGIC OF NON-DOING
Paul Millerd • The Pathless Path: Imagining a New Story For Work and Life
A vital feature of the practice of adaptive leadership is the capacity to take corrective action. This requires continual learning in dialogue with one’s own mistakes, missed opportunities, and disappointments that inevitably occur when one is working on the edge of known problems and unclear solutions.
Sharon Daloz Parks • Leadership Can Be Taught: A Bold Approach for a Complex World
Life is not like that. It is variable. It changes whether we plan for it or not. Our systems need to be flexible to adapt to this variation.