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Bill Clinton: When people feel uncertain, he said, they’d rather have somebody who is strong and wrong than someone who’s weak and right

Powell was dismayed by the Success of the activist. Ralph Nadir, who had the temerity to push the auto industry into saving the lives of its own customers.

In 1960, women made up 1/3 of the workforce. A generation later, in 1990, they made up almost half. The world as we know it today and was born in the 1960s, and the reactionary forces of conservative, corporate America have resented it ever since.

Then as now, the vast majority of decent, Americans had no idea how to respond – Beyond expressing their deep sense of shock.

because when you think about it, Christ was suspiciously concerned with the welfare of the poor.

Cohn would go on to become the first mentor of and chief fixer for one Donald J. Trump as the latter started his real estate career in New York.

McCarthy and Cohn started investigating supposed Communists at the Voice of America, the radio network designed to undermine actual Communists and autocrats, which has now been shut down by trump’s henchmen.

Take media, for example. We need to build a vibrant, independent media system now.

It’s written first person perspective but this isn’t his way of speaking AT ALL. Not sure if I will read this. And it’s hard copy which made me even more excited. Huh

Everywhere I’ve gone, Ive found the vegetables, and in finding them, Ive found new flavors, new techniques, and new philosophies. To eat plants is to be open to the world.

Once people think of meatless food is food, as worthy of their attention and their meals, imagine how much the world will change. A diet based on plants is a diet of diversity, of abundance and opportunity, of innovation.

Learned early on that her role was to care for others, even when no one attended to her feelings

Glad to get back to this book after so much familial schtuff has happened and come to light

Discover that one fundraising superpower: is a storytelling? Partnering? Is it your voice? Shepherding supporters? Accessing news outlets? Featuring a celebrity?

Once you know it: harness it, improve it, leverage it!

There are two things that caused driven organizations are generally proficient at: conducting unproductive, meetings, and postponing decisions. Generally the two go hand-in-hand.

Maxed out capacity may be a sign of imminent growth and burnout

What benefits derive from categorizing hours for me I’m able to see what’s moving the needle, where the team is focusing on client efforts, and perhaps where we need to refocus

I shared a list of questions that I’ve been developing and updating over the years, meant to inform executives: what’s working, what’s not, what’s missing, and what’s confusing

Good leaders should be the best listeners

A leader’s role when setting bold goals is establishing how to reach them. Most, but not all of the time, that means aligning onboard talent and tasks to pursue firm priorities.

In all leadership endeavors: make a decision. If you’re wrong, you’ll know right away that it needs to be fixed. If you’re right, things improve. If you don’t decide, you’ve lost control, and nothing can help.

Plans are worthless, but planning is everything -Eisenhower