Peter Senge Short Quotes

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Dividing an elephant in half does not produce two small elephants.

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Courage is simply doing whatever is needed in pursuit of the vision

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Few, if any, forces in human affairs are as powerful as shared vision.

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An accurate, insightful view of current reality is as important as a clear vision.

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In dialogue, individuals gain insights that simply could not be achieved individually.

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If people don't have their own vision, all they can do is 'sign-up' for someone else's.

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When placed in the same system, people, however different, tend to produce similar results.

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Like a pane of glass framing and subtly distorting our vision, mental models determine what we see.

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Small changes can produce big results - but the areas of highest leverage are often the least obvious.

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When all is said and done, the only change that will make a difference is the transformation of the human heart.

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In a sluggish system, aggressiveness produces instability. Either be patient or make the system more responsive.

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Willpower is so common among highly successful people that many see its characteristics as synonymous with success.

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The most effective people are those who can "hold" their vision while remaining committed to seeing current reality clearly

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The systems perspective tells us that we must look beyond individual mistakes or bad luck to understand important problems.

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All human beings are born with unique gifts. The healthy functioning community depends on realizing the capacity to develop each gift.

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In essence, leaders are people who "walk ahead," people genuinely committed to deep changes, in themselves and in their organizations.

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Personal mastery teaches us to choose. Choosing is a courageous act: picking the results and actions which you will make into your destiny.

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Scratch the surface of most cynics and you find a frustrated idealist — someone who made the mistake of converting his ideals into expectations.

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Mental models are deeply ingrained assumptions, generalizations, or even pictures of images that influence how we understand the world and how we take action.

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The discipline of personal mastery...starts with clarifying the things that really matter to us (and) living our lives in the service of our highest aspirations.

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The difference between a healthy group or organization and an unhealthy one lies in its members' awareness and ability to acknowledge their felt needs to conform.

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When executives lead as teachers, stewards, and designers, they fill roles that are much more subtle and long-term than those of power-wielding hierarchical leaders.

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When teams are truly learning, not only are they producing extraordinary results, but the individual members are growing more rapidly than could have occurred otherwise.

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I do not believe great organizations have ever been built by trying to emulate another, any more than individual greatness is achieved by trying to copy another 'great person'.

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Personal mastery is the discipline of continually clarifying and deepening our personal vision, of focusing our energies, of developing patience, and of seeing reality objectively.

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