“Some leaders now see their job as just coming up with big and vague ideas, and they treat implementing them, or even engaging in conversation and planning about the details of them, as mere ‘management’ work that is beneath their station
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“Expect nothing, fear nothing, be satisfied with your present actions according to nature, speak and act with honesty, and you will live happily. And no one will be able to prevent this.”
― The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius: Modern Translation
― The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius: Modern Translation
“Servant leadership is a style of leadership that focuses on understanding and addressing the needs and development of project team members in order to enable the highest possible project team performance.”
― A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) – Seventh Edition and The Standard for Project Management
― A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) – Seventh Edition and The Standard for Project Management
“If man is going to rescue himself from a future intolerable existence, he must first see where his unmindful escalation is leading him. He must examine his objectives and see that true progress is achieved through moving forward to a better way of life, rather than upward to total life incompetence”
― The Peter Principle: Why Things Always Go Wrong
― The Peter Principle: Why Things Always Go Wrong
“You will see that in every hierarchy the cream rises until it sours.”
― The Peter Principle: Why Things Always Go Wrong
― The Peter Principle: Why Things Always Go Wrong
“The character of those at the top [junzi] is like that of the wind. The character of those below [xiaoren] is like that of grass. When wind blows over the grass, the grass is sure to bend.”
― Analects by Confucius: Timeless Wisdom on Ethics, Family, and Harmony with Traditional Commentaries
― Analects by Confucius: Timeless Wisdom on Ethics, Family, and Harmony with Traditional Commentaries
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