As long as we wish for safety, we will have difficulty pursuing what matters.

Learning and performance will become one and the same thing. Everything you say about learning will be about performance. People will get the point that learning is everything.

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

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

Invitation is not only a step in bringing people together, it is also a fundamental way of being in a community. It manifests the willingness to live in a collaborative way. This means that a future can be created without having to force or sell it or barter for it. When we believe that barter or subtle coercion is necessary, we are operating out of a context of scarcity and self-interest, the core currencies of the economist.

To live our lives fully, to work whole heartily, to refuse directly what we can't swallow, to accepts the mystery in all matters of meaning- this is the ultimate adventure.

We must establish a personal connection with each other. Connection before content. Without relatedness, no work can occur.