“You do not have to have personal ambition to be a leader. You do not have to be the loudest person in the room. You can believe in consensus more than you believe in conflict. You can be human. You can feel & show emotion. You can be kind, empathetic, and strong.”
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“Life is now, this minute, it’s all we have. It’s all we need.”
― The Salt Path
― The Salt Path
“One of the criticisms I've faced over the years is that I'm not aggressive enough or assertive enough, or maybe somehow, because I'm empathetic, it means I'm weak. I totally rebel against that. I refuse to believe that you cannot be both compassionate and strong.”
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“So what is this radical idea? That most people, deep down, are pretty decent.”
― Humankind: A Hopeful History – from the presenter of the 2025 BBC ‘Moral Revolution’ Reith lectures
― Humankind: A Hopeful History – from the presenter of the 2025 BBC ‘Moral Revolution’ Reith lectures
“Economic growth accompanied by worsening social outcomes is not success, it's failure”
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