Tag: Wisdom
Wisdom for Teams #37
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Impact Players [i.e. people who are doing work of exceptional value and impact] see uncertainty and ambiguity as an opportunity to add value.
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LIZ WISEMAN (1964), Researcher and executive advisor, author of New York Times bestseller Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter.
Wisdom for Teams #36
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I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.
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MAYA ANGELOU (1928 – 2014), American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist.
Wisdom for Teams #35
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There is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.
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VINCENT WILLEM VAN GOGH (1853 – 1890), Dutch Post-Impressionist painter, one of the most famous and influential figures in Western art history.
Wisdom for Teams #34
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Turn your wounds into wisdom.
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OPRAH WINFREY (1954), American talk show host, television producer, actress, author, and philanthropist.
Wisdom for Teams #33
You are already naked.
There is no reason not to follow your heart.
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STEVE JOBS (1955 – 2011), American business magnate, industrial designer, investor, and media proprietor.
Wisdom for Teams #32
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack, a crack in everything
That’s how the light gets in.
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In the song Anthem by LEONARD COHEN (1934 – 2016), Canadian singer-songwriter, poet, and novelist.
A Lesson From Australian Lizards Mating
Photo by David Clode on Unsplash
A while back, I heard about a special kind of Australian lizard on a National Geographic TV Show. I do not remember the species’ name nor could I find it online. What makes these guys special is that there are two sizes of males: the big ones and the medium dudes.
In evolutionary terms, the existence of the medium dudes does not make sense, because the big ones are the ones who get to mate, thus generating more big lizards. Not having mated, the medium dudes eventually should have disappeared.
So why are the medium dudes around? Scientists investigated and figured it out. Here’s how it goes down. Big lizards gather at the entrance of their caves to fight for the females who await inside.
While the big ones are distracted fighting, the medium dudes (who are roughly the same size of females) waltz into the caves and mate with the females. That’s how they beat the law of the fittest.
What is your usual approach to a challenge? Are you like the big ones? Or are you a medium dude?
Even nature understands we need medium dudes. Merry Christmas.
Wisdom for Teams #31
Scene from the movie “The Little Prince” (Netflix)
-A scene from the animated movie “The Little Prince(Netflix)-
[The fox said] “It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important.”
“It is the time I have wasted for my rose,” said the little prince, so that he would be sure to remember.
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In “The Little Prince” by ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPÉRY (1900 – 1944), French writer, poet, aristocrat, journalist and pioneering aviator.
Wisdom for Teams #30
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Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.
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PAULO COELHO (1947), Brazilian lyricist and novelist, author — among many others — of The Alchemist.
Wisdom for Teams #29
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Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus.
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ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL (1847 – 1922), Scottish-born inventor, scientist, and engineer, credited with inventing and patenting the first practical telephone.