“Not blaming ourselves for mistakes is the flip side of not taking credit for our acts of courage or creativity or leadership, or our good ideas.”

— Charles Eisenstein

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The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know Is Possible. The Vision and Practice of Interbeing (2013)

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