Alex
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“strategy, structure, people, and process,”


“Your opening needs to be a kind of pleasant shock therapy. It should grab people. And in grabbing them, it should both awe the guests and honor them. It must plant in them the paradoxical feeling of being totally welcomed and deeply grateful to be there.”
― The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters
― The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters
“A head full of fears has no space for dreams.”
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“To know the universe itself as a road, as many roads, as roads for traveling souls.”
― Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel
― Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel

“The hero’s journey requires us to find our uniqueness. We simply cannot do that without enough solitude to find out who we are. Most of us need some time alone every day just to stay clear.”
― Hero Within - Rev. & Expanded Ed.: Six Archetypes We Live By
― Hero Within - Rev. & Expanded Ed.: Six Archetypes We Live By

“Participate joyfully in the sorrows of the world. We cannot cure the world of sorrows, but we can choose to live in joy. The warrior's approach is to say “yes” to life: “yea” to it all.”
― The Hero With a Thousand Faces
― The Hero With a Thousand Faces

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