My parents have been with me every step of the way.
But to practice leadership, you need to accept that you are in the business of generating chaos, confusion, and conflict
Your behavior reflects your actual purposes.
And leadership then is about mobilizing and engaging the people with the problem rather than trying to anesthetize them so you can go off and solve it on your own.
Values are shaped and refined by rubbing against real problems, and people interpret their problems according to the values they hold.
Conflict is the primary engine of creativity and innovation. People don't learn by staring into a mirror; people learn by encountering difference.
Progress on problems is the measure of leadership; leaders mobilize people to face problems, and communities make progress on problems because leaders challenge them and help them to do so.
It kills me to be time's eunuch and never to beget.
The Bible isn't a choose your own adventure book where everyone can just make up their own meaning.
I was somebody who never loved my hair. I had curly hair and wished it was straight.
Day and night gifts keep pelting down on us. If we were aware of this, gratefulness would overwhelm us. But we go through life in a daze. A power failure makes us aware of what a gift electricity is; a sprained ankle lets us appreciate walking as a gift, a sleepless night, sleep. How much we are missing in life by noticing gifts only when we are suddenly deprived of them.