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
One of the greatest casualties of the war in Vietnam is the Great Society... shot down on the battlefield of Vietnam.
Anything seemed possible, likely, feasible, because I wanted everything to be possible... Because I had no power to make things happen outside of me in the objective world, I made things happen within. Because my environment was bare and bleak, I endowed it with unlimited potentialities, redeemed it for the sake of my own hungry and cloudy yearning.
Unclose your mind. You are not a prisoner. You are a bird in flight, searching the skies for dreams.
I bring you the gift of these four words: I believe in you.
After the final no there comes a yes and on that yes the future of the world hangs.
I always knew the woman I wanted to be-I knew I wanted to be a woman who was independent a woman who was in the driving seat, a woman who didn't need for the man to decide.
There's only so many guys on a football team that really have a voice. So anytime you have a microphone, you should use it for the betterment of humanity, for the betterment of this country, for the betterment of our kids coming up behind us, for the future of the world. Why not? Make the world a better place.
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