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“the search for human freedom—freedom being the choice to be a creator of our own experience and accept the unbearable responsibility that goes with that. Out of this insight grows the idea that perhaps the real task of leadership is to confront people with their freedom. This may be the ultimate act of love that is called for from those who hold power over others.”
― Peter Block, Community: The Structure of Belonging

“Invitation is not only a step in bringing people together, it is also a fundamental way of being in a community. It manifests the willingness to live in a collaborative way. This means that a future can be created without having to force or sell it or barter for it. When we believe that barter or subtle coercion is necessary, we are operating out of a context of scarcity and self-interest, the core currencies of the economist.”
― Peter Block, Community: The Structure of Belonging

“Do we meet each person curious about the miracle of a human being that we are about to connect with? Or do we meet a poor person that we are about to help?”
― Peter M. Senge, The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization

“people get used to having experts who can solve their problems for them; people can then easily lose motivation to develop their own capacities.”
― Peter M. Senge, The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization