
#091 Something Very Noticeable

At least five major constraints can hold you back from summoning courage for the work of leadership: • Loyalties to people who may not believe you are doing the right thing • Fear of incompetence • Uncertainty about taking the right path • Fear of loss • Not having the stomach for the hard parts of the journey
Ronald A. Heifetz • The Practice of Adaptive Leadership: Tools and Tactics for Changing Your Organization and the World
Anyone wanting to change the world needs to cultivate a mix of rationality and intuition, as well as a mix of arrogance and humility: the arrogance to believe that they may be able to alter the course of human history, but also the humility to observe and change their views.
Geoff Mulgan • Another World Is Possible: How to Reignite Social and Political Imagination
Great leaders, in contrast, are able to inspire people to act. Those who are able to inspire give people a sense of purpose or belonging that has little to do with any external incentive or benefit to be gained.