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“Being a woman means being told to speak up for yourself in one breath, and to shut up in the next. It means fighting all the fucking time.”
“When your organization becomes more human, more remarkable, faster on its feet, and more likely to connect directly with customers, it becomes indispensable. The very thing that made your employee a linchpin makes YOU a linchpin.”
― Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?
― Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?
“Two little girls step forward with arms linked and take up the words again: We give thanks to all of the waters of the world for quenching our thirst, for providing strength and nurturing life for all beings. We know its power in many forms—waterfalls and rain, mists and streams, rivers and oceans, snow and ice. We are grateful that the waters are still here and meeting their responsibility to the rest of Creation. Can we agree that water is important to our lives and bring our minds together as one to send greetings and thanks to the Water? Now our minds are one.”
― Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
― Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
“as I ceased to show fear the life-principle hastened to my aid. Little by little I came to the belief that the world about me was a system of co-operative friendliness, and that it was my part to use it in that way.”
― The Conquest of Fear
― The Conquest of Fear
“In my experience, most people have a narrow view of intelligence, tending to think of it mainly in terms of academic ability. This is why so many people who are smart in other ways end up thinking that they’re not smart at all. There are myths surrounding creativity as well.”
― The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything
― The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything
“School should not be a place where answers go to die but questions come to life. #InnovatorsMindset”
― The Innovator’s Mindset: Empower Learning, Unleash Talent, and Lead a Culture of Creativity
― The Innovator’s Mindset: Empower Learning, Unleash Talent, and Lead a Culture of Creativity
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