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Riles' Rule ofRebirth In any dead-end situation, a team's members are when:ready for rebirth • Survival instinct overrides territorial instinct. • Being a part of success ismore important than being personally indispensable. • The team's energy and enthusiasm take on a life of their own.
The Winner Within
Pat Riley
From the 1950s to the ’70s, the average American followed the life cycle of Sinclair Lewis’s Babbitt. In our millions, we went from conformity and cooperation to nonconformist rebellion, all in a search of personal meaning. The corporate state worked with the cooperating, self-sacrificing greatest generation. It didn’t work so well with Eloi of the Age of Aquarius.
Where Is My Flying Car?
J. Storrs Hall
Michael Saviello, a manager at Astor Place Hairstylists, was inspired to pick up his paintbrush after he saw his friend and customer Rafael Hines self-publish his book Bishop’s War by writing from midnight to 3 a.m., sleeping until 6 a.m., and going to his full-time job. He resolved to paint during his lunch hour; several months into this habit, he debuted at his local art gallery. He said in an interview with Humans of New York, “My entire life, I’d been saying, ‘I can do that.’ I always knew it. But I finally did it. So now other people know it too.”
Creative Doing: 75 Practical Exercises to Unblock Your Creative Potential in Your Work, Hobby, or Next Career — Holloway
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