
“Disruption isn't about what happens to you, it's about how you respond to what happens to you.”
Source: Disrupt You! (2015), p. 27
First appeared as title of article on O'Reilly Radar You Become what You Disrupt, 2012-8-10, Robbins, Jesse, 2007/10/2, O'Reilly Radar http://radar.oreilly.com/2007/10/you-become-what-you-disrupt.html,, many subsequent appearances in public speeches. Jesse Robbins presents at the Unsexy Conference, 2012-8-10, Robbins, Jesse, 2012/08/06 http://www.slideshare.net/500startups/jesse-robbins-unsexy-presentation,
“Disruption isn't about what happens to you, it's about how you respond to what happens to you.”
Source: Disrupt You! (2015), p. 27
“Self-disruption is akin to undergoing major surgery, but you are the one holding the scalpel.”
Source: Disrupt You! (2015), p. 30
Amazon's Jeff Bezos looks to the future - CBS News http://www.cbsnews.com/news/amazons-jeff-bezos-looks-to-the-future/.
Abdullah Ensour, the Prime Minister of Jordan on Syrian refugees entering Jordan, quoted on Ft, "Jordan seeks international aid in deal over Syrian refugees" http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/37d35b58-c8c3-11e5-a8ef-ea66e967dd44.html#axzz41ZFvNw7K, February 1, 2016.
Source: Rite of Passage (1968), Chapter 10 (p. 139).
Source: The Case for Colonialism: A Response to My Critics, Page 5 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/352039835_The_Case_for_Colonialism_A_Response_to_My_Critics The case for colonialism, Gilley, 2017
Out of Control: The New Biology of Machines, Social Systems and the Economic World (1995), New Rules for the New Economy: 10 Radical Strategies for a Connected World (1999)
Toward an Activist Spirituality (2003)
Context: Systems don't change easily. Systems try to maintain themselves, and seek equilibrium. To change a system, you need to shake it up, disrupt the equilibrium. That often requires conflict.
To me, conflict is a deeply spiritual place. It's the high-energy place where power meets power, where change and transformation can occur.