Robert Fritz

Robert Fritz
Robert Jordan Fritzis an author, management consultant, composer, and filmmaker. He is known for his development of "Structural Dynamics," the study of how structural relationships impact behavior from individuals to organizations. His books, starting with The Path of Least Resistance, develop the theory and application of Structural Dynamics and the creative process...
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CountryUnited States of America
creating problem problem-solving
Creating is no problem - problem solving is not creating.
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Frequently you'll see pictures from overseas with all those poor people but when it's your own family, your own countrymen, it brings it home and makes you feel it a little bit more.
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It's not what the vision is, it's what the vision does.
people choices focus
The way you activate the seeds of your creation is by making choices about the results you want to create. When you make a choice, you mobilize vast human energies and resources which otherwise go untapped. All too often people fail to focus their choices upon results and therefore their choices are ineffective. If you limit your choices only to what seems possible of reasonable, you disconnect yourself from what you truly want, and all that is left is a compromise.
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In the absence of a great dream, pettiness prevails.
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Creators start at the end. First they have an idea of what they want to create. Sometimes this is idea is general, and sometimes it is specific. Before you can create what you want you want to create, you must know what you are after, what you want to bring into being.
regret independent joy
Creators understand that their emotions are not necessarily a sign of the circumstances. They understand that in desperate circumstances they may experience joy, and in jubilant circumstances they may feel regret. They know that any emotion will change. But because emotions are not the centerpiece of their lives, they do not pander to them. They create what they create, not in reaction to their emotions but independent of them. On days filled with the depths of despair, they can create. On days filled with the heights of joy, they can create.
creation creator
Creators love creations before they exist.
thinking people vision
It is not common for people to think of their own lives as creations. You are not encouraged to have with your own life the kind of relationship a creator has with his or her vision. But your life can be a creation.
dream giving-up people
Too many young people are being taught to give up their dreams before they have any experience attempting to pursue them.
motivational dream reality
Dreamers only dream, but creators bring their dreams into reality.
creative choices fundamentals
Without making the fundamental choice to be the predominant creative force in your life, no matter what you do to attempt to benefit yourself or enhance your life, you will merely be finding more sophisticated ways of responding to circumstances.
commitment purpose longing
The historic period in which we live is a period of reawakening to a commitment of higher values, a reawakening of individual purpose, and a reawakening of the longing to fulfill that purpose in life.
giving firsts energy
At first, I am giving energy to the creation, but later the creation seems to be giving energy to me.