Elina

“Many great leaders understand intuitively that they need to work hard to create a sense of safety in others. In this way, great leaders are often humble leaders, thereby reducing the status threat. Great leaders provide clear expectations and talk a lot about the future, helping to increase certainty. Great leaders let others take charge and make decisions, increasing autonomy. Great leaders often have a strong presence, which comes from working hard to be authentic and real with other people, to create a sense of relatedness. And great leaders keep their promises, taking care to be perceived as fair.”
― David Rock, Your Brain at Work: Strategies for Overcoming Distraction, Regaining Focus, and Working Smarter All Day Long

“Wherever you have friends that’s your country, and wherever you receive love, that’s your home.”
― Dalai Lama XIV, The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World

“Even the strongest toward emotion, lust, is unlikely to make you run, whereas fear can do so in an instant. The toward emotions are more subtle, more easily displaced, and harder to build on, than the away emotions. This also explains why upward spirals, where positive emotions beget more positive emotions, are less common than downward spirals, where negative emotions beget more negative emotions. Human beings walk toward, but run away.”
― David Rock, Your Brain at Work: Strategies for Overcoming Distraction, Regaining Focus, and Working Smarter All Day Long

“Menneisyys on jotakin, mitä me omistamme, vaikka emme sitä hallitsisi. Menneisyys todistaa, että me olemme olemassa. Menneisyytemme on totta. Muistot ovat lihaa ja verta. Kuin armoton luonnonvoima, menneisyys voi olla ihmiselle julma. Se voi musertaa meidät armottoman hitaasti. Silti vain menneisyyden kautta voimme saada uuden alun. Uskallammeko katsoa noita elettyjä hetkiä silmiin ja ottaa vastaan totuuden? Totuuden itsestämme? Ja ehkä silloin voimme jättää menneen taaksemme ja kurottaa tulevaa, vielä tuntematonta kohti. Annetaan menneisyydelle rauha, annetaan niiden mennä, joiden aika on koittanut. On aika päästää irti. On aika päästää lähelle. On aika uskaltaa elää. Toinen vierelläsi. Me olemme totta.”
― Kimmo Ohtonen, Karhu – voimaeläin