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What does it mean?
Bolivar expresses personal confusion about navigating complex political challenges.
In plain terms
He wonders how he will solve the difficult problems he faces.
What can you take from it?
Even leaders feel lost in complex times.

Where it applies

  • personal journals
  • political crises

Putting it to work

  • leadership reflection
  • decision making

Questions to consider

  • How do you find your way out of complexity?

Another view

It is a rhetorical question without an answer.

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