Guest Thinkers — February 16, 2011

We are the biggest obstacle

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Michael Port says…

Revolution is about one person at a time experiencing their own personal empowerment against an existing, deficient (small thinking) system. (p. 13)

We are the biggest obstacle that stands in the way of our doing big things in the world. We are our own worst enemies. (p. 22)

[The Think Big Manifesto]

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