And it takes so much energy to stay angry with someone who cries so much.
Leaders should be able to Stand Alone, Take the Heat, Bear the Pain, Tell the Truth, and Do What's Right
In the end, it is important to remember that we cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are.
We need to give each other the space to grow, to be ourselves, to exercise our diversity. We need to give each other space so that we may both give and receive such beautiful things as ideas, openness, dignity, joy, healing, and inclusion.
The signs of outstanding leadership appear primarily among the followers. Are the followers reaching their potential? Are they learning? Serving? Do they achieve the required results? Do they change with grace? Manage conflict?
The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality.
By ourselves we suffer serious limitations. Together we can be something wonderful.
Whenever I'm feeling kind of down or something like that, or even good, the song 'Bohemian Rhapsody' by Queen is a go-to song of mine. It's like watching a movie, but with your ears.
I'll let her go. I won't let her go. I have to let her go. I can't let her go. I can let her go. I don't. . . want to let her go.
My husband's family was terribly refined. Within their circle you could know Beethoven, but God forbid if you were Beethoven.
When I was a little girl, I remember carrying my orange UNICEF carton with me as I went Trick-or-Treating.