From The Art of Possibility by Rosamund Stone Zander and Benjamin Zander: - more info at: benjaminzander/book/ I edited it down for brevity. When Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his famous I have a dream speech in Washington, D.C., in August of 1963, he... demonstrated that dreaming can make a difference. A challenge for leaders today, we suggest, is to maintain [the confidence to believe] in the abundant universe of possibility, no matter how fierce the competition, no matter how fearful people are, and no matter how [desperate our situation]. It is to have the courage and persistence to distinguish the downward spiral from the radiant realm of possibility in the face of any challenge. Humans can thrive in an environment of threat where resources are scarce, but [we are] not always ready to reap the benefits of harmony, peace, and plenty. Our perceptual apparatus is structured to alert us to real and imagined dangers everywhere. Yet we do have the capacity to override the hidden assumptions of peril that give us the world we see. We can open a window on a world where our creative powers are formidable, and unseen threads connect us all. Leadership is a relationship that brings this possibility to others and to the world, from any chair, in any role. This kind of leader is not necessarily the strongest member of the pack -the one best suited to fend off the enemy and gather in resources - as our old definitions of leadership sometimes had it. The leader of possibility invigorates the lines of affiliation and compassion from person to person in the face of the tyranny of fear. Any one of us can exercise this kind of leadership, whether we stand in the position of CEO or employee, citizen or elected official, teacher or student, friend or lover. This new leader carries the distinction that it is the framework of fear and scarcity, not scarcity itself, that promotes divisions between people. He asserts that we can create the conditions for the emergence of anything that is missing. We are living in the land of our dreams. This leader calls upon our passion rather than our fear. [They are] the relentless architect of the possibility that human beings can be... The above from The Art of Possibility by Rosamund Stone Zander and Benjamin Zander: - more info at: benjaminzander/book/
Posted on: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 07:45:00 +0000
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