Principles of Power: Women Superintendents and the Riddle of the Heart Book

	Foreword	ix
	Acknowledgments	xvii
Part 1	Mystery: Intangible Insights
Chapter 1	Mystery and Metaphor: Introduction to Part 1	3
Chapter 2	Gathering Intangible Data: The Women Superintendents and the Assembly	9
Chapter 3	Embodying Intangible Data: The Women as Warriors	17
Part 2	Metaphor: Articulating Intangibles
Chapter 4	The Warrior's Path: The Riddle of the Heart and the Seven Principles of Power	27
Chapter 5	Principle One: Knowing the Battleground	39
Chapter 6	Principle Two: Discarding the Unnecessary	59
Chapter 7	Principle Three: Choosing Battles	75
Chapter 8	Principle Four: Taking Risks	83
Chapter 9	Principle Five: Seeking Retreat	101
Chapter 10	Principle Six: Compressing Time	113
Chapter 11	Principle Seven: Exercising Power	133
Part 3	Motion: Intangibles in Action
Chapter 12	Impeccable Practice: Three Results	155
Chapter 13	First Result: Laughing at Self	159
Chapter 14	Second Result: Patience Without Fretting	167
Chapter 15	Third Result: Improvisation	175
Chapter 16	Castaneda and Me	181
	About the Author	183
	Notes	185
	References	187
	Index	199