Quotes About Development

So if you start at the center of the peak, you can see that for every five days you spend being average, you spend one day being mildly stupid and one day mildly smart. For every five of those, you spend one day moderately stupid and one day moderately genius. For every five days like that . . 

We are not creatures of destinations. It is the journey that shapes us.

Nothing would teach me but personal experience. I'm just going to have to muddle through these first few times.

Welcome to civilization. I trust you left your club and loincloth at the door.

She was all for progress in general, but far too often it seemed to stratify society rather than unite it.

Tendríamos que enseñar a nuestros niños a ser más atentos, más inquisitivos. No solo a destruir, sino también a construir.

All things must progress, and progression is not always a steady incline. Sometimes we must fall, sometimes we will rise

Sometimes a hypocrite is nothing more than a man in the process of changing.

The most important step a man can take. It's not the first one, is it? It's the next one. Always the next step, Dalinar.

What determines inequality among individuals within a single nation? Are there certain regularities that make inequality behave in a particular way as societies develop?

I define a leader as anyone who takes responsibility for finding the potential in people and processes, and who has the courage to develop that potential.

Love is not something we give or get; it is something that we nurture and grow,

We have to be able to take feedback—regardless of how it's delivered—and apply it productively. We have to do this for a simple reason: Mastery requires feedback. I don't care what we're trying to master—and whether we're trying to develop greatness or proficiency—it always requires feedback.

Mastery requires feedback.

If you're comfortable, I'm not teaching and you're not learning.

If you're comfortable, I'm not teaching and you're not learning. It's going to get uncomfortable in here and that's okay. It's normal and it's part of the process.

If you're not uncomfortable in your work as a leader, it's almost certain you're not reaching your potential as a leader." As

The big challenge for leaders is getting our heads and hearts around the fact that we need to cultivate the courage to be uncomfortable and to teach the people around us how to accept discomfort as a part of growth. For

The MIDDLE is messy, but it's also where the MAGIC happens.

Our ability to be daring leaders will never be greater than our capacity for vulnerability. Once we start to build vulnerability skills, we can start to develop the other skill sets.

Interestingly, admiration often leads to us wanting to improve ourselves. It doesn't, however, make us want to be like the person or thing we admire—we just want to be better versions of ourselves

Resilience is often a slow unfolding of understanding.

If creativity is seen as a luxury or something we do when we have spare time, it will never be cultivated.

When we develop and practice empathy, courage and compassion, we move from disconnection to connection. This creates the liberation we need to enjoy the things we value rather than be imprisoned by what others expect.