Peter Block Quotes

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• If we believe something does not exist unless we measure it, then we put aside: love, feeling, intuition, art and philosophy.
• Ones vision is not a road map but a compass.
• Change from the top down happens at the will and whim of those below.
• Every parent's deepest wish is that their children are self sufficient, happy, and able to live a full life.
• To live our lives fully, to work whole heartily, to refuse directly what we can't swallow, to accepts the mystery in all matters of meaning-…
• Good questions work on us, we don't work on them. They are not a project to be completed but a doorway opening onto greater depth…
• If there is no transformation inside of us, all the structural change in the world will have no impact on our institutions.
• Transformation comes more from pursuing profound questions than seeking practical answers.
• I discovered that resolution of conflict comes from people being able to express their own feelings and their own needs in the face of another.…
• Why do anything unless it is going to be great?
• Dissent is the cousin of diversity; the respect for a wide range of beliefs. This begins by allowing people the space to say "no". If…
• Structure influences behavior. Design spaces that make you feel "you are welcome here and that you came to the right place."
• The world does not need a better definition of issues, or better planning or project management. It needs the issues and the plans to have…
• To be committed means you are willing to make a promise with no exception of return.
• Advice is unfriendly to learning, especially when it is sought. Most of the time when people seek advice, they just want to be heard. Advice…
• We must establish a personal connection with each other. Connection before content. Without relatedness, no work can occur.
• We need to tell people not to be helpful. Trying to be helpful and giving advise are really ways to control others. ... Advice, recommendations,…
• The task of leadership is to be intentional about the way we group people and the questions that we engage them in.
• Relationship and connectedness are the pre-condition for change. Every meeting, every process, every training program has to get people connected first. Otherwise the content falls…
• The shift in the world begins with a shift in our thinking. Shifting our thinking does not change the world, but it creates a condition…

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