I finished reading “One from Many: Visa and the Rise of Chaordic Organization excellent book written by Dee Hock, the man who was responsible for the birth of VISA (Visa International Service Association) and visa cards. I share with you some quotes…may be that you try to read it too.

“Why are institutions, everywhere, whether political, commercial, or social, increasingly unable to manage their affairs? Why are individuals, everywhere, increasingly in conflict with and alienated from the institutions of which they are part? Why are society and the biosphere increasingly in disarray?”

“Life is not about control. It’s not about getting. It’s not about having. It’s not about knowing. It’s not even about being. Life is eternal, perpetual becoming, or it´s nothing. Becoming is not a thing to be known, commanded, or controlled. It is a magnificent, mysterious odyssey to be experienced.
At bottom, desire to command and control is a deadly, destructive compulsion to rob self and others of the joys of living.”

“Life is a sacred contract between the dead, the living, and the unborn.”

“The truth is, that given the right circumstances, from no more than dreams, determination, and the liberty to try, quite ordinary people consistently do extraordinary things.”

“…people must come to things in their own time, in their own way, for their own reasons, or they never truly come at all”

“chaordickay’ord-ickadj. (en. and. cha’os and ord’er) 1. The behavior of any self-organizing and self-governing organism, organization, or system that harmoniously blends characteristics of chaos and order.
2. Characteristic of the fundamental, organizing principle of nature.”

“One either trusts or one does not. I prefer trust.”

“…possibility is not determined by opinion, only by attempt.”

“Failure is not to be feared. It is from failure that most growth comes, provided that one can recognize it, admit it, learn from it, rise above it, and try again.”

“If you have built castles in the air your work need not to be lost: that is where they should be. Now put the foundation under them.” (Henry David Thoreau)

“There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things” (Niccolo di Bernardo Machiavelli)

“the true strength of rulers and empires lies…in the belief of men that they are inflexibly open, truthful, and legal. As soon as government departs from that standard, it ceases to be anything more than the gang in possession and its days are numbered.” (H.G. Wells)