A vision is not just a picture of what could be; it is an appeal to our better selves, a call to become something more.
Interpretation
A vision inspires us to reach our potential and become better individuals.
This quote by Rosabeth Moss Kanter emphasizes that having a vision goes beyond mere imagery of possibilities; it serves as a motivational invitation to elevate ourselves and strive for personal growth. It suggests that a compelling vision can awaken our ambitions and drive us towards achieving greatness, urging us to aspire for better versions of ourselves.
In practice
In a motivational speech about personal development.
Tribalism reflects strong ethnic or cultural identities that separate members of one group from another, making them loyal to people like them and suspicious of outsiders, which undermines efforts to forge common cause across groups.
Organizational structures that allow divisions and departments to own their turf and people with long tenure to take root creates the same hardened group distinctions as Congressional redistricting to produce homogeneous voting blocs - all of which makes it easier to resist compromise, let alone collaboration.
The way innovating companies are designed leaves ambiguities, overlaps, decision conflicts or decision vacuums in some parts of the organisation. People rail at this, curse it-and invent innovative ways to overcome it.
The boomers' biggest impact will be on eliminating the term 'retirement' and inventing a new stage of life... the new career arc.
The middle of every successful project looks like a disaster.
I've found that small wins, small projects, small differences often make huge differences.
And so, lifting as we climb, onward and upward we go, struggling and striving, and hoping that the buds and blossoms of our desires will burst into glorious fruition ere long.
Brothers and sisters of Egypt, you have given the world the most precious gift: the belief that ultimately right will prevail.
Your way begins at the other side._x000D_ _x000D_ Become the sky._x000D_ _x000D_ Take an axe to the prison wall._x000D_ _x000D_ Escape._x000D_ _x000D_ Walk out like someone suddenly born into color._x000D_ _x000D_ Do it now.
I can't say that there are 'things' that make me come alive. There are thoughts that make me come alive.
I don't like the label 'plus-size' -- I call it 'fiercely real.' On 'Top Model,' we call it fiercely real. I don't want to use the term 'plus-size,' because, to me, what the hell is that? It just doesn't have a positive connotation to it. I tend to not use it.
If it Captures Your Imagination, it will captivate others.
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