true. Very often the same people who applaud the stirring vision resist the implementation. Leaders are lauded for their boldness and creativity, and then in the very same breath shouted down for suggesting that the change effort will require each of us to change personally. We think we can single-handedly overcome this obstacle, that our passion, commitment and conviction will win the day. But it rarely does. Hardly ever. Almost never. This is the truth. The sooner the curtain is pulled back and we see the cheap parlor trick that is really not transforming anything, the sooner we can get to
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