Hugh Prather Quotes
Being myself includes taking risks with myself, taking risks on new behavior, trying new ways of 'being myself', so that I can see who it is I want to be.
Prather, Hugh. Notes to Myself: My Struggle to Become a Person. Real People Press, 1970.
This quotation is sometimes cited in criticism of programs or policies that the critic thinks have not been thought out fully or possible contingencies not considered. Many believe that this quotation illustrates the approach that should never be taken. Others argue that for most large enterprises or visions, this is the ONLY way to go about it for all contingencies can never be known in advance.
Hugh Edmondson Prather III was an American self-help writer, lay minister, and counselor, most famous for his first book, Notes to Myself, which was first published in 1970 by Real People Press, and later reprinted by Bantam Books. It has sold over 5 million copies, and has been translated into ten languages.