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The Secret of Personal Leadership

In: Female Ambition

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  • Nuria Chinchilla
  • Consuelo León

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An old Arab tale says that on one occasion the old Sufi, Bayacid, said to his disciples, ‘When I was young, I was a revolutionary, and my prayer consisted of saying to God, “Give me the strength to change the world.”But later, as I became an adult, I realized that I had not changed a single soul. Then my prayer began to be, “Lord, give me the grace to transform those who are in contact with me, even though it might only be my family”. And now that I am old, I am beginning to realize how stupid I have been, and my only prayer is, “Lord give me the strength to change myself.”And I think that if I had prayed this from the start, I would not have wasted my life.’

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  • Nuria Chinchilla & Consuelo León, 2005. "The Secret of Personal Leadership," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Female Ambition, chapter 6, pages 128-144, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-50891-0_7
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230508910_7
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