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A leader tuned out of his internal world will be rudderless one blind to the world of others will be clueless those indifferent to the larger systems within which they operate will be blindsided.

Daniel Goleman

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Daniel Goleman
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: March 7
Author
Journalist
Psychologist
Researcher
Writer
Chinatown
Stockton
Blind
Tuned
Leader
Clueless
Within
Operate
Others
Internals
World
Internal
Indifferent
Larger
Systems
Rudderless

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