We fear our highest possibility. We are generally afraid to become tha…

Abraham Maslow
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We fear our highest possibility. We are generally afraid to become that which we can glimpse in our most perfect moments. ✨ Abraham Harold Maslow, Deborah Collins Stephens, Gary Heil (1998). Maslow on management, Wiley
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