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We Learn Best - And Change - From Hearing Stories That Strike A Chord Within Us.

In Terms Of Getting People To Experiment More And Take More Risk, There Are At Least Three Things That Immediately Come To My Mind. Number One, Of Course, Is Role-modeling It Yourself. Number Two Is When People Take Intelligent, Smart Risks And Yet It Doesn't Work Out, Not Shooting Them. And Number Three, Being Honest With Yourself. If The Culture You Have Is Radically Different From An Experiment And Take-risk Culture, Then You Have A Big Change You Going To Have To Make—and No Little Gimmicks Are Going To Do It For You.

Analytical Tools Have Their Limitations In A Turbulent World. These Tools Work Best When Parameters Are Known, Assumptions Are Minimal, And The Future Is Not Fuzzy.

Motivation And Inspiration Energize People, Not By Pushing Them In The Right Direction As Control Mechanisms Do But By Satisfying Basic Human Needs For Achievement, A Sense Of Belonging, Recognition, Self-esteem, A Feeling Of Control Over One's Life, And The Ability To Live Up To One's Ideals. Such Feelings Touch Us Deeply And Elicit A Powerful Response.

A Higher Rate Of Urgency Does Not Imply Ever-present Panic, Anxiety, Or Fear. It Means A State In Which Complacency Is Virtually Absent.