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We could focus our efforts on discovering solutions that work uniquely for us.

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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Hopelessness has surprised me with patience.
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I've found that I can only change how I act if I stay aware of my beliefs and assumptions. Thoughts always reveal themselves in behavior.
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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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To make a system stronger, we need to make stronger relationships.
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We have created trouble for ourselves in organizations by confusing control with order.
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There is no power for change greater than a community discovering what it cares about.
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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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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.
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When error holds so much power, play disappears. Creativity ceases.
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Disorder can play a critical role in giving birth to new, higher forms of order.
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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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Circles create soothing space, where even reticent people can realize that their voice is welcome.
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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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When we can lay down our fear and anger and choose responses other than aggression, we create the conditions for bringing out the best in us humans.
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It's not differences that divide us. It's our judgments about each other that do.
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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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Life doesn't move in straight lines, and neither does a good conversation.
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Life is creative. It makes it up as it goes along.
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A leader is one who... Has more faith in people than they do, and . . . who holds opportunities open long enough for their competence to re-emerge.
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