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We each create our world by what we choose to notice, creating a world of distinction that makes sense to us. We then 'see' the world through the self we have created.

Margaret J. Wheatley

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Margaret J. Wheatley
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: January 1
Business Theorist
Writer
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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.
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Power in organizations is the capacity generated by relationships. It is an energy that comes into existence through relationships.
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Aggression only breeds more aggression. It only creates more fear and anger.
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Life is creative. It makes it up as it goes along.
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This is a world of process, not a world of things.
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We could focus our efforts on discovering solutions that work uniquely for us.
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There is no power for change greater than a community discovering what it cares about.
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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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When error holds so much power, play disappears. Creativity ceases.
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The things we fear most in organizations - fluctuations, disturbances, imbalances - are the primary sources of creativity.
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Without reflection, we go blindly on our way.
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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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