Monday, August 24, 2020

Leaders can let you fail and yet not let you be a failure

Give someone who has faith in you a placebo and call it a hair growing pill, anti-nausea pill or whatever, and you will be amazed at how many respond to your therapy.

Bernie Siegel


“Leaders can let you fail and yet not let you be a failure.” 

– Stanley McChrystal



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Australian public servant condemns censorship after blogpost cost him his job 

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