"We experience problem-solving sessions as war zones, we view competing ideas as enemies, and we use problems as weapons to blame and defeat opposition forces. No wonder we can't come up with real lasting solutions!"

"When leaders take back power, when they act as heroes and saviors, they end up exhausted, overwhelmed, and deeply stressed."

"I think we have to notice that the business processes we use right now for thinking and planning and budgeting and strategy are all delivered on very tight agendas."

"Even though worker capacity and motivation are destroyed when leaders choose power over productivity, it appears that bosses would rather be in control than have the organization work well."

"Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath."

"Endurance is the crowning quality, And patience all the passion of great hearts."

"Patience is a virtue because the truest form of bravery is vulnerability."

"Patience is the art of concealing your impatience."