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Why Are We Here?
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Why Are We Here?

by Jennifer Moss
January 2025
Beginner to intermediate
256 pages
5h 35m
English
Harvard Business Review Press
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1 HOPE

In an article for War Room, Colonel Jeremy Weber of the US Air Force’s Judge Advocate General Corps writes that during his time in the military he’d often hear the sentiment “Hope is not a strategy.” By itself hope will not help a team improve their financial numbers or their products. But when hope is combined with careful planning, it can have a big impact. Weber writes, “Today’s strategy-makers would do well to remember this. The ‘hope is not a strategy’ mindset results in inaction and paralysis, while a strategy of hope inspires creativity and bold action.”1

If ever there was a time for more hope, it’s today. Research finds that being exposed to persistent crisis gives rise to feelings of hopelessness, cynicism, and aggression. ...

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