The power of seeing ourselves

• The liberty of the individual must thus far be limited : he must not make himself a nuisance to other people
• There are no uninteresting things. There are only uninterested people
• Let the world beware of the man who hates himself for he will perpetually revenge himself on his neighbours
• The obstinacy of human beings is exceeded only by the obstinacy of inanimate objects
• The genius of communication is the ability to be both totally kind and totally honest at the same time
• Individualism is rather like innocence : there must be something unconscious about it
• People have one thing in common. They are all different
• It is so pleasant to come across people more stupid than ourselves. We love them at once for being so.
• “Insights – real, genuine glimpses of ourselves as we really are.. Are the building blocks of growth”

‘The power of seeing ourselves’ by Paul J Brouwer Harvard Business Review (November –December 1964)