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Leadership, like swimming, cannot be learned by reading about it.

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Organizational effectiveness does not lie in that narrow minded concept called rationality. It lies in the blend of clearheaded logic and powerful…
No generalizing beyond the data, no theory. No theory, no insight. And if no insight, why do research.
What we call a financial crisis is really at its core a crisis of management, and not just a crisis of management,…
Corporations are social institutions. If they don't serve society, they have no business existing
If you ask managers what they do, they will most likely tell you that they plan, organise, co-ordinate and control. Then watch…
That is the trouble with flying: We always have to return to airports. Thank of how much fun flying would be if…
Learning is not doing; it is reflecting on doing.
A leader has to be one of two things: he either has to be a brilliant visionary himself, a truly creative strategist,…
Companies are communities. Theres a spirit of working together. Communities are not a place where a few people allow themselves to be…
Management and leadership are not separate spheres. The two skills work together in the larger realm of “communityship.
The real challenge in crafting strategy lies in detecting subtle discontinuities that may undermine a business in the future. And for that…
Strategy is not the consequence of planning, but the opposite: its starting point.

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Meditation means: remain as relaxed as you are in deep sleep and yet alert. Keep awareness there; let thoughts disappear but awareness… — Rajneesh
Water for me is so essential, like swimming. — Nastassja Kinski
But to fly is just like swimming. You do not forget easily. I have been on the ground for more than ten… — Unknown Author
Women in the public eye and on TV are often scrutinized for how they look so I know how easy it would… — Gabby Logan
I mean, how many young women get a set of rubies just for doing something wholesome like swimming laps? Or win a… — Elizabeth Taylor
Basically, I get paid to be crazy. I get paid to believe I'm someone else, live in a completely false reality, and… — Rachel Miner
A single girl who needs nobody makes people uncomfortable, and my mom is right in this, appearance is everything, and appearing to… — Elissa Schappell
With the Special Ops Warrior Foundation's help, we put 266 kids through college last year. And that's what keeps me going. I'll… — David Goggins
In particular, I found praying very disturbing, like swimming with bricks tied to your feet. And yet I was drawn to it… — Jack Dee
Making art is like swimming underwater in a blindfold. — Walter Darby Bannard
What does kissing really mean to me? To me, if you feel, when you kiss a girl, that certain feeling of all… — Corey Haim
I try to apply the organic concept to my clothes and bedding as well. There's nothing like swimming in organic cotton sheets. — Woody Harrelson

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