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Jennifer Garvey Berger

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“I wish that there were kind of a pill we could all take, right? I think the world could really use a giant influx of these sorts of leaders. So, no, it's not quite like that. But there are, I mean, the great wisdom traditions offer us quite a lot of clues. There have been people who have been growing wisdom for centuries, millennia. And these folks will tell you that it takes a variety of factors. Like it takes contemplation, self-reflection, taking the perspectives of others, something about kindness and compassion, something about being able to see bigger than yourself and your own needs. And so if you look back through history, you find that people talk about stuff like that. There is in the last 50 years or so, people have found that”
2018-10-16 · The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish · #43 Jennifer Garvey Berger: The Mental Habits of Effective Leaders · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“I think that we see like we all have a sense of someone who's kind of more mature, less mature, more or less comfortable in their skin. So we have a sense of the way we grow and change over time. And while we know a couple of those rare beings who seem to come into the planet with that level of maturity, by and large, I think we've known for most of human history that it takes some years and some life experiences to get what we think of as wisdom. So it's certainly been my experience that this sort of progression of wisdom over years of experience, wisdom that can be accelerated, but that takes some work that doesn't come for free and doesn't come automatically, that it's that sort of showing up in the world in that. More wise way that leads to better leadership.”
2018-10-16 · The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish · #43 Jennifer Garvey Berger: The Mental Habits of Effective Leaders · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“The complexity of an actual issue is necessarily misleading and partial. And the more addicted we get to sound bites, then the more simple our leadership will be.”
2018-10-16 · The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish · #43 Jennifer Garvey Berger: The Mental Habits of Effective Leaders · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT