People are much more likely ...

People are much more likely to act their way into a new way of thinking, than think their way into a new way of acting.
 Richard Pascale

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Leadership is making happen what wouldn't happen anyway and this always entails working at the edge of what is acceptable
 Richard Pascale
The real objective isn't just "knowledge" or getting an 80-20 understanding of the situation. The overriding objective is engagement, creating a buzz, mobilizing people to take action.
 Richard Pascale
Explicit knowledge, conventionally delivered like pizza (neat boxes with toppings of concepts, theories, best practices and war stories), is consumed by the brain but not metabolized into action. The learning we call intuition, know-how and common sense gets into the blood stream through osmosis. It is shaped by social context.
 Richard Pascale