If you want to move people, it has to be toward a vision that's positive for _x000D_ _x000D_ them, that taps important values, that gets them something they desire and _x000D_ _x000D_ it has to be presented in a compelling way so that they feel inspired to _x000D_ _x000D_ follow.
Interpretation
To effectively motivate others, one must present a positive vision that resonates with their values and desires.
This quote emphasizes the importance of approaching leadership and influence with a focus on positivity and the fulfillment of others' desires. It suggests that for people to feel motivated to follow a vision, that vision must align with their core values and be presented in an engaging and inspiring manner, ultimately tapping into their intrinsic motivations.
In practice
This quote can be used in a motivational speech to encourage leaders in a company to create a positive vision.
This business of burning human beings with napalm, of filling our nation's homes with orphans and widows, of injecting poisonous drugs of hate into veins of peoples normally humane, of sending men home from dark and bloody battlefields physically handicapped and psychologically deranged, cannot be reconciled with wisdom, justice and love.
Music is the best consolation for a despaired man
We must meet the forces of hate with the power of love.
We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now.
Israel... is one of the great outpost of democracy in the world
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Gorgeous, amazing things come into our lives when we are paying attention: mangoes, grandnieces, Bach, ponds. This happens more often when we have as little expectation as possible. If you say, "Well, that's pretty much what I thought I'd see," you are in trouble. At that point you have to ask yourself why you are even here. [...] Astonishing material and revelation appear in our lives all the time. Let it be. Unto us, so much is given. We just have to be open for business.
In a year that has been so improbable, the impossible has happened…
I can only dream of the day where seeing other disabled people on screen isn't a rare sight or where I don't get excited at the sight of other disabled people working behind the screen.
We ought never to lose hope. God overwhelms us with his grace, if we keep asking.
Sam Phillips always encouraged me to do it my way, to use whatever other influences I wanted, but never to copy...if there hadn't been a Sam Phillips, I might still be working in a cotton field.
I've heard people say, 'Why do you have to do a show that's called 'Black Girls Rock'?' or 'Why is there an expression called 'black girl magic'?' You know, when you say, 'Save the dolphins,' you don't mean, 'I don't like whales.' That's just not the way it works!
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