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The goal in a learning culture is to welcome these kinds of experiments, to make rethinking so familiar that it becomes routine.
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…the poorest performers don’t set goals at all… Mediocre performers set goals that are general… The best performers set goals that are not about the outcome but about the process of reaching the outcome.
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If you set a goal of becoming an expert on your business, you would immediately start doing all kinds of things you don’t do now.
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Dealing with a substantive problem and maintaining a good working relationship need not be conflicting goals if the parties are committed and psychologically prepared to treat each separately on its own legitimate merits.
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…benchmark organizations hardly ever coddle their stars. Instead, they set huge goals and run the hardest auditions.
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When big, shared goals take hold, it’s because they are seen to be working. People who join the team feel that they and their peers are accomplishing great things.
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…to be a part of something bigger than ourselves… we are a part of a movement that will live on beyond the goals we set or the lives of the people who set them.
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Everything about our bodies was designed with one goal – to help us survive. This includes the feelings of happiness.
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Give us something specific to set our sights on, something we can measure our progress toward, and we are more likely to achieve it.
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One problem with afternoons is that if we stick with a task too long, we lose sight of the goal we’re trying to achieve, a process known as ‘habituation.’
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