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Stewart Brand
Making Sense of People: Decoding the Mysteries of Personality (FT Press Science)
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“It’s not the eye. It’s my ear. I hear a great story and do my best to find it in their face.”
Michael Estrin • Ride/Share: Micro Stories of Soul, Wit and Wisdom from the Backseat
The challenge in seeing a person, therefore, is to adopt the kind of double vision I mentioned in the chapter on hard conversations. It means stepping back to appreciate the power of group culture and how it is formed over generations and then poured into a person. But it also means stepping close and perceiving each individual person in the midst
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“This journey isn't about never working again; it's about working in a way that honors who we have become. So, while Michelle and I may still engage in work, we will not be stepping into the same river because we have changed, and so has the world around us.”
Paul Millerd • Good Work: Reclaiming Your Inner Ambition
we asked the group to share a story, a moment, or an experience from their life that “changed the way you view the world.”
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David M. Rubenstein • How to Lead: Wisdom from the World's Greatest CEOs, Founders, and Game Changers
Finding work you want to keep doing, says author Stephen Cope, is “the great work of your life.” Cope’s biggest fear is that he might “die without having lived fully.”5 This impulse drove his curiosity as he sought out wisdom in books, reading upwards of three hours a day. Eventually, he wrote The Great Work of Your Life to explore the unique qual
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