When leaders take back power, when they act as heroes and saviors, they end up exhausted, overwhelmed, and deeply stressed.
Margaret J. Wheatley
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- When we can lay down our fear and anger and choose responses other than aggression, we create the conditions for bringing out the best in us humans.
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