I think influence is one way to exercise power and that the challenge is whether it is power over or power with. That's the essential shift that I hope can happen in the world. Peter Buffett More Quotes by Peter Buffett More Quotes From Peter Buffett We are stronger than we think we are. Peter Buffett stronger challenges thinking Mistakes are very seldom permanent, most of them can be fixed with less difficulty and drama than one imagines, and there's nothing shameful about them. There is, however, something sad and limiting about the fear of making them. Peter Buffett imagine mistake drama It didn't matter how big our house was; it mattered that there was love in it. Peter Buffett family matter house If you can intuit well, you're essentially meeting the future faster. Peter Buffett wells meetings faster What we have is a crisis of imagination. Albert Einstein said that you cannot solve a problem with the same mind-set that created it. Peter Buffett problem imagination mind Inside any important philanthropy meeting, you witness heads of state meeting with investment managers and corporate leaders. All are searching for answers with their right hand to problems that others in the room have created with their left. Peter Buffett important leader hands Power over seems to be driving our very young species into a ditch because it's from an old competitive, "there may not be enough" kind of framework of scarcity. Power with is thinking abundantly as opposed to fearfully. Power with is hopefully where we're going - and where we need to go as a species in order to survive. Peter Buffett order needs thinking It's too bad that it takes egregious behavior or some kind of crisis to get people to take notice and get clearer about things that were just below the surface. Peter Buffett behavior kind people There are so many people in the communities in need and so many organizations in need. People are doing amazing, beautiful things just to keep the world from not hurting more today than yesterday. Peter Buffett hurt yesterday beautiful We have to be in abundance and recognize that we're just a small piece of this big thing that's moving along the biosphere, earth, evolution and consciousness and we'd better humble ourselves and start loving each other. Peter Buffett pieces humble moving I do think men fear female intuition. Peter Buffett intuition men thinking My gut sense is there's something necessary going on and if I'm too fearful or angry, I feel like I'm feeding it. Peter Buffett guts feeding feels The world over, give a guy money and it goes to drinking, gambling, and women. When you give a woman money, it goes to feeding, clothing, helping people. Peter Buffett gambling drinking giving In some ways, it's easier to settle for someone else's version of success than to risk falling short at one's own. Peter Buffett risk way fall Thinking that everything must be bigger to matter is a problem. Small power emanates and disseminates in a very different way. Peter Buffett different matter thinking My wife Jennifer's family is all from there. Jennifer grew up there, so we have personal ties forever - her mom, dad, her brother, her twin brother - so, there's certainly a personal connection there that will also be there. Also, even though I grew up in Omaha, I feel like I really grew up in Milwaukee. Peter Buffett dad mom brother Well, when people ask where I'm from, I usually say the Midwest, because that covers both homes, in a way. Obviously I was born in Omaha, but when people say, "Where do you come from," we'll say Milwaukee. I mean Jennifer was certainly born in Milwaukee, and that's where I spent a big chunk of my adult life, so we usually say we came here from Milwaukee. That's usually how it's referenced is we're from Milwaukee, yeah. Peter Buffett home mean people Whatever shift is necessary is dependent on the scale on which it can be implemented, which is to say in your local community and family. Peter Buffett scales dependent community We don't know where our food comes from. We don't know a lot of things about what is happening financially. This creates the "power over" kind of feeling. Peter Buffett kind knows feelings Things today have become too big, too centralized, and too disassociated to be in relationship to each other. Peter Buffett bigs today
