You never change things by fighting the existing reality.

To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.

People get violent when 3 things happen:

1. When their personal safety or survival is affected
2. When their family's safety or survival is affected
3. When their way of life is drastically affected

Then people have this survival instinct and they become violent.

When I see violence I ask myself the following questions: How can I make that person feel safe? How can I make that person feel safe with their family? How can I not interfere with their way of life?

If we could do this with our perceived enemies we would not have to have a war on terror.

Initiating comes from imagination. An atmosphere where people initiate can only come from a place where dreaming is encouraged.

Leaders imagine a world that they would like to be a part of, a world worth fighting for. With this vision and all the emotion that gets stirred up in the heart, the leader begins to initiate. They see the issue or challenge that not everyone else sees and lead people to do something about it that was not done before.

Passion sparks initiative, a tremendous focus, belief, desire, and drive.