Para reflexão (parte V)

Parte I, parte II, parte III e parte IV.

Ontem, ao limpar o Cabinet, dei de caras com o livro já aqui citado "Act like a leader, think like a leader" de Herminia Ibarra.
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Foi então que percebi o quanto da sua leitura incorporei e embebi no meu pensamento, para dar origem a esta série (sobretudo a parte I e IV) sem o ter recordado.

"You’ll need to change your mind-set, and there’s only one way to do that: by acting differently.
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“Adults are more likely to act their way into a new way of thinking than to think their way into a new way of acting.”
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Paradoxically, we only increase our self-knowledge in the process of making changes. We try something new and then observe the results - how it feels to us, how others around us react - and only later reflect on and perhaps internalize what our experience taught us. In other words, we act like a leader and then think like a leader.
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the only way to think like a leader is to first act: to plunge yourself into new projects and activities, interact with very different kinds of people, and experiment with unfamiliar ways of getting things done. Those freshly challenging experiences and their outcomes will transform the habitual actions and thoughts that currently define your limits. In times of transition and uncertainty, thinking and introspection should follow action and experimentation—not vice versa. New experiences not only change how you think—your perspective on what is important and worth doing—but also change who you become. They help you let go of old sources of self-esteem, old goals, and old habits, not just because the old ways no longer fit the situation at hand but because you have discovered new purposes and more relevant and valuable things to do.
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Outsight, much more than reflection, lets you reshape your image of what you can do and what is worth doing."

Pesquisando Ibarra aqui no blogue cheguei ainda a isto:

"Instead of spending a lot of time thinking about what might happen in the face of uncertainty, entrepreneurs plunge in and see. In other words, instead of trying to predict the future, they create it.
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Act your way into a new way of thinking, instead of thinking your way into action."