Quotes by Peter Block

Peter Block

…the artist treats intuition and nuance with respect and reminds us that a little madness resides in all of us. Artists give voice to feelings, to conflict, to the prism of human experience.

Artist

Giving

Voice

Advice is unfriendly to learning, especially when it is sought. Most of the time when people seek advice, they just want to be heard. Advice at best stops the conversation, definitely inhibits learning, and at worst claims dominance.

Knowledge

Learning

People

Anecdotes, personal stories, reminiscences, like biblical parables, are the medium through which faith is restored. Stories are a form of poetry, and give us a saving image to personally relate to.

Anecdotes

Biblical

Giving

Change from the top down happens at the will and whim of those below.

Leadership

Top Down

Whim

Dissent is the cousin of diversity; the respect for a wide range of beliefs. This begins by allowing people the space to say “no”. If we cannot say “no” then our “yes” has no meaning. Each needs the chance to express their doubts and reservations, without having to justify them, or move quickly into problem solving. No is the beginning of the conversation for commitment.

Commitment

Cousin

Moving

Every parent’s deepest wish is that their children are self sufficient, happy, and able to live a full life.

Children

Learning

Teaching

Good questions work on us, we don’t work on them. They are not a project to be completed but a doorway opening onto greater depth of understanding, actions that will take us into being more fully alive.

Learning

Teaching

Understanding

How do you change the world? One room at a time. Which room? The one you’re in.

Change

Inspirational

World

If you believe that saying no will get you shot, well, what a fine way to go.

Believe

Saying No

Way

If you need ownership and responsibility from core workers, patriarchy can’t get you there.

Needs

Ownership

Responsibility

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Answers

Artist

Balance

Believe

Biblical

Block

Caring

Change

Children

Commitment

Community

Cousin

Draws

Dream

Educational

Fall

Giving

Goal

Healing

Inspirational

Issues

Kick Ass

Knowledge

Leadership

Learning

Maps

Mean

Misuse

Moving

Needs

Our Dreams

Ownership

People

Problem

Productivity

Profound

Responsibility

Saying No

Self

Steps

Teaching

Thinking

Together

Top Down

Understanding

Vision

Voice

Way

Whim

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Quotes by Peter Block

Peter Block

…the artist treats intuition and nuance with respect and reminds us that a little madness resides in all of us. Artists give voice to feelings, to conflict, to the prism of human experience.

Advice is unfriendly to learning, especially when it is sought. Most of the time when people seek advice, they just want to be heard. Advice at best stops the conversation, definitely inhibits learning, and at worst claims dominance.

Anecdotes, personal stories, reminiscences, like biblical parables, are the medium through which faith is restored. Stories are a form of poetry, and give us a saving image to personally relate to.

Change from the top down happens at the will and whim of those below.

Every parent’s deepest wish is that their children are self sufficient, happy, and able to live a full life.

Good questions work on us, we don’t work on them. They are not a project to be completed but a doorway opening onto greater depth of understanding, actions that will take us into being more fully alive.

How do you change the world? One room at a time. Which room? The one you’re in.

If you believe that saying no will get you shot, well, what a fine way to go.

If you need ownership and responsibility from core workers, patriarchy can’t get you there.

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