Red Auerbach - A Change Agent Dies, Leaving a Lifetime of Wisdom

Basketball lost a legend this weekend when Red Auerbach died at the age of 89. Below are some powerful quotes from Auerbach over the years, which I relate (with a comment) to the best practices that other change agents have shared with me these past two years:

• "An acre of performance is worth a whole world of promise."
  Comment: Change Agents stress vision but execution matters most of all.
• "The best way to forget ones self is to look at the world with attention and love."
  Comment: Change agents see things not in the context of themselves but in the context of everything else.
• "Natural abilities are like natural plants; they need pruning by study."
  Comment: Change agents are in is the business of people. Nurture the next generation and the rewards will be rich.
• "He who believes in nobody knows that he himself is not to be trusted."
  Comment: ‘Nuff said.
• "The only correct actions are those that demand no explanation and no apology."
  Comment: Juxtapose that quote from Red with Cebrowski’s advice, "be bold, be fast and be specific".

Source for Red’s quotes are: Brainyquote.com