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“In the most blunt and pragmatic sense, diversity is optional to many white organizations, because their historical success has not relied on it.”
― The Minority Experience: Navigating Emotional and Organizational Realities
― The Minority Experience: Navigating Emotional and Organizational Realities
“She was too much in the habit of criticizing and complaining to stop, so I had decided to get out of the habit of taking it personally. I could see my mother's words were my grandmother's legacy of disappointment, and the best I could do was to live in a way that would break the cycle.”
― The Light of Paris
― The Light of Paris
“I guess she must have been right; I seemed to fit in. But the thing is, I never felt that I belonged. And now, looking back, I see that the reason was that I was never myself. I was an extreme chameleon. In psychology, we call this self-monitoring, which is the ability to read social situations and fit in no matter what. But when you are always acting to fit in, it is easy to lose your sense of who you are. And really, we don't need to fit in, we just need to find a way to fit together.”
― Inclusify: The Power of Uniqueness and Belonging to Build Innovative Teams
― Inclusify: The Power of Uniqueness and Belonging to Build Innovative Teams
“[Nothing] was as helpful as talking about failure-- because failure is where we live. Failure is not the enemy of formation; it is the liturgy of formation. How we deal with failure says volumes about who we really believe we are. Who we really believe God is. When we trip on failure, do we fall into ourselves? Or do we fall into grace?”
― The Common Rule: Habits of Purpose for an Age of Distraction
― The Common Rule: Habits of Purpose for an Age of Distraction
“People sometimes have trouble when your face doesn't match your culture. They come to me with ideas of how I should be, what I should eat and like and think. If my grandparents were from France, no one would expect me to go around wearing a beret or come to me for baguette recommendations. I was raised here. Apart from my appearance, there's nothing that connects me to China. It sounds like I hate being Chinese. I don't. I love being who I am. I only wish other people could accept me for me and not make up a person based on my appearance.”
― The Comeback
― The Comeback
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