Comments on: By Staying True To My Values, I Can Serve Others Well And Fulfill My Potential http://www.bretlsimmons.com/2010-01/by-staying-true-to-my-values-i-can-serve-others-well-and-fulfill-my-potential/ Leadership, followership, and purpose at work Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:04:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Bret L. Simmons http://www.bretlsimmons.com/2010-01/by-staying-true-to-my-values-i-can-serve-others-well-and-fulfill-my-potential/comment-page-1/#comment-2505 Bret L. Simmons Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:52:05 +0000 http://www.bretlsimmons.com/?p=2352#comment-2505 Welcome, Marne! Thanks for sharing the Tolstoy quote. Change is almost always painful! Which in and of itself is not a reason to resist it, but it sure is a convenient excuse. Positive change begins within yourself. Thanks for sharing your thoughts! Bret Welcome, Marne! Thanks for sharing the Tolstoy quote. Change is almost always painful! Which in and of itself is not a reason to resist it, but it sure is a convenient excuse. Positive change begins within yourself. Thanks for sharing your thoughts! Bret

]]> By: Marne Stillwell http://www.bretlsimmons.com/2010-01/by-staying-true-to-my-values-i-can-serve-others-well-and-fulfill-my-potential/comment-page-1/#comment-2504 Marne Stillwell Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:22:15 +0000 http://www.bretlsimmons.com/?p=2352#comment-2504 " Art is not, as the metaphysicians say, the manifestation of some mysterious idea of beauty or God; it is not, as the aesthetical physiologists say, a game in which man lets off his excess of stored-up energy; it is not the expression of man's emotions by external signs; it is not the production of pleasing objects; and, above all, it is not pleasure; but it is a means of union among men, joining them together in the same feelings, and indispensable for the life and progress toward well-being of individuals and of humanity.” Leo Tolstoy's essay "What Is Art" (1869) Your discussion on change as art, personal change and creating change in others, got me thinking. Applying this quote to change with in organizations could be interesting. Change isn’t always pleasurable, but in its’ process there is potential for a joining and union of those involved. Ultimately, a positive process of change will result in the progress and well-being of the individuals as well as the organization. ” Art is not, as the metaphysicians say, the manifestation of some mysterious idea of beauty or God; it is not, as the aesthetical physiologists say, a game in which man lets off his excess of stored-up energy; it is not the expression of man’s emotions by external signs; it is not the production of pleasing objects; and, above all, it is not pleasure; but it is a means of union among men, joining them together in the same feelings, and indispensable for the life and progress toward well-being of individuals and of humanity.”
Leo Tolstoy’s essay “What Is Art” (1869)

Your discussion on change as art, personal change and creating change in others, got me thinking. Applying this quote to change with in organizations could be interesting. Change isn’t always pleasurable, but in its’ process there is potential for a joining and union of those involved. Ultimately, a positive process of change will result in the progress and well-being of the individuals as well as the organization.

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