Sublime

Let us suppose, now, that a universe of possibility stretches beyond the world of measurement to include all worlds: infinite, generative, and abundant.

UNLIKE THE calculating self, the central self is neither a pattern of action nor a set of strategies. It does not need an identity; it is its own pure expression. It is what a person who has survived—and knows it—looks like.

That opinionated “little voice in the head” is almost always speaking from Measurement Central.

acts of leadership depend less on the magnetism and social dominance of heroic individuals and more on the capacities of individuals (who may be located in a wide variety of positions) to skillfully intervene in complex systems.

think of “personality” as a strategy for “getting out of childhood alive.”

ongoing process of transcending our identities, and including them in a new and more expansive way of being in the world. • Self-generation

Boundaries are possibly the most important invisible thing in our lives.

Your power comes from the choices you make.