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The
pursuit of personal mastery "Human beings have always employed an enormous amount of clever devices for running away from themselves. We can keep ourselves so busy, fill our lives with so many diversions, stuff our heads with so much knowledge, involve ourselves with so many people, and cover so much ground that we never have time to probe the fearful and wonderful world within us . . . By mid-life, most of us are accomplished fugitives from ourselves." -- John Gardner |
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It
is from a deepened experience of our own unique potential and purpose
(after devoting ourselves to the further understanding of ourselves),
backed by a total commitment to personal integrity, that our genuine
influence grows. When used without coercion, it becomes the
indispensable source of energy that shapes our dreams and real-world
accomplishments. It is this influence that enables us to make our
unique presence felt in today's vast interconnecting networked world of
people, problems, and possibilities.
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Those
who ultimately succeed in their lives, in their work, and in the
world learn to exert this tremendous influence in creative,
distinctive, and respectful ways, without using fear, rank,
privilege, or authority. They learn to live rich, fulfilled lives
that deeply serve others. My personal dream, and that of so many
others of you with whom I share this path, is to continually
reach out to touch the entire world in my own creative,
distinctive, and respectful way - peeling myself open to communicate and
share my deepest humanity, enabling me to grow and learn about
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