What gets measured gets done.
What makes a leader is to recognize what can be done and not only what is desirable.
Ideas are great arrows, but there has to be a bow. And politics is the bow of idealism.
Helping convene global stakeholders to establish a set of measurable, actionable and consensus-built goals focused on extreme poverty is invaluable.
Goals are not dreamy, pie-in-the-sky ideals. They have every day practical applications and they should be practical.
Do something real, and keep it simple.
There's always going to be a gap between what you believe and what you actually do, regardless of what your background is.
Consider this point. It is a main point of true wisdom. Whenever there is an execution of purpose, there must be an agent.
'Diverse' shouldn't be an actionable thing - it should just be.
The atmosphere is much too near for dreams. It forces us to action. It is close to us. We are in it and of it. It rouses us both to study and to do. We must know its moods and also its motive forces.
