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The future cannot be determined. It can only be experienced as it occurring. Life doesn't know what it will be until it notices what it has become.
Margaret J. Wheatley
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Margaret J. Wheatley
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: January 1
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Aggression only breeds more aggression. It only creates more fear and anger.
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We have created trouble for ourselves in organizations by confusing control with order.
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Without reflection, we go blindly on our way.
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