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“The Pool of Shared Meaning is the birthplace of synergy”
― Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High
― Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High
“Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.”
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“Action cures fear.”
― The Magic of Thinking Big
― The Magic of Thinking Big
“People who are skilled at dialogue do their best to make it safe for everyone to add their meaning to the shared pool--even ideas that at first glance appear controversial, wrong, or at odds with their own beliefs. Now, obviously they don't agree with every idea; they simply do their best to ensure that all ideas find their way into the open.”
― Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High
― Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High
“I am for doing good to the poor, but...I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it. I observed...that the more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer. And, on the contrary, the less was done for them, the more they did for themselves, and became richer.”
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