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Without reflection, we go blindly on our way.

Margaret J. Wheatley

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Margaret J. Wheatley
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: January 1
Business Theorist
Writer
Blindly
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we can't be creative if we refuse to be confused. Change always starts with confusion cherished interpretations must dissolve to make way for what's new. Great ideas and inventions miraculously appear in the space of not knowing.
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When we seek for connection, we restore the world to wholeness. Our seemingly separate lives become meaningful as we discover how truly necessary we are to each other.
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One of the easiest human acts is also the most healing. Listening to someone. Simply listening. Not advising or coaching, but silently and fully listening.
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Who you are depends on who you meet.
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Surrendering to life offers some wonderful realizations. We learn we're capable of being in this dance, of working with whatever happens. We learn to trust ourselves and then others and, gradually, we learn that life itself can be trusted.
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In this present culture, we need to find the means to work and live together with less aggression if we are to resolve the serious problems that afflict and impede us.
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Let's just keep asking ourselves this question: 'Is what I'm about to do strengthening the web of connections, or is it weakening it?'
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We could focus our efforts on discovering solutions that work uniquely for us.
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A world based on machine images is a world filled with boundaries. In a machine, every piece knows its place.
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Whatever life we have experienced, if we can tell our story to someone who listens, we find it easier to deal with our circumstances.
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There is no power for change greater than a community discovering what it cares about.
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Probably the most visible example of unintended consequences, is what happens every time humans try to change the natural ecology of a place.
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And time for reflection with colleagues is for me a lifesaver it is not just a nice thing to do if you have the time. It is the only way you can survive.
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Self-production: the characteristic of living systems to continuously renew themselves and to regulate this process in such a way that the integrity of their structure is maintained. It is a natural process which supports the quest for structure, process renewal and integrity.
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Hopelessness has surprised me with patience.
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Circles create soothing space, where even reticent people can realize that their voice is welcome.
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This is a world of process, not a world of things.
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Thinking is always dangerous to the status quo. [...] The moment you start thinking, you'll want to change something.
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Life is creative. It makes it up as it goes along.
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Power is the capacity to generate relationships.
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