The only point of having power it seems to me is to empower others. The only point of leadership is to inspire.
Interpretation
True leadership is about empowering and inspiring others, not just holding power.
In this quote, Eve Ensler emphasizes that the essence of leadership lies in the ability to uplift and inspire those around us. It suggests that power should not be wielded for personal gain but rather as a means to empower others, instilling confidence and encouraging them to reach their fullest potential. Leadership, therefore, is not just about authority; it's about fostering growth and inspiration within a community.
In practice
During a team meeting to emphasize collaborative leadership.
Dancing insists we take up space, and though it has no set direction, we go there together. Dance is dangerous, joyous, sexual, holy, disruptive, and contagious and it breaks the rules. It can happen anywhere, at anytime, with anyone and everyone, and it's free. Dance joins us and pushes us to go further and that is why it's at the center of ONE BILLION RISING.
Before cancer, I was obviously disconnected. I had a tumor the size of a mango inside me and didn't do anything about it. It wasn't like I didn't know something was wrong.
It's a weird thing about the truth: It protects you. What really makes you vulnerable is when you're lying because you're going to get caught. When you tell the truth, there's a strange relief that comes.
Well, the tyranny of masculinity and the tyranny of patriarchy I think has been much more deadly to men than it has to women. It hasn’t killed our hearts. It’s killed men’s hearts. It’s silenced them, it’s cut them off.
Why are women immobile? Because so many feel like they’re waiting for someone to say, "You’re good, you’re pretty, I give you permission."
Security is elusive. It's impossible. We all die. We all get old. We all get sick. People leave us. People change us. Nothing is secure.
The purpose of getting power is to be able to give it away.
People want to be on a team. They want to be part of something bigger than themselves. They want to be in a situation where they feel that they are doing something for the greater good.
We live in age of prudence. The leaders of the people now generally follow.
After years of telling corporate citizens to 'trust the system,' many companies must relearn instead to trust their people - and encourage their people to use neglected creative capacities in order to tap the most potent economic stimulus of all: idea power.
The time has come when we must proceed with the business of carrying the war to the enemy, not permitting the greater portion of our armed forces and our valuable material to be immobilized within the continental United States.
No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent.
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