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We are as sick as our secrets. We are at the mercy of fears we dare not articulate, paralyzed by assumptions we refuse to put to the test.
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080 |
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Even when you’re being cautious, it must come with the assumption of constant advance, an insistent move toward victory always.
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133 |
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Never (ever) assume that your work is more meaningful than someone else’s. Everyone is different, and all work can be meaningful; the challenge is finding what’s meaningful for you.
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0 |
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Short-term entry-level experiences are important because they allow you to quickly test assumptions about your career interests.
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098 |
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It’s always a good idea to assume the worst, because then you might be pleasantly surprised.
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106 |
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The management of knowledge workers should be based on the assumption that the corporation needs them more than they need the corporation. They know they can leave. They have both mobility and self-confidence.
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056 |
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…the assumption to start with is that the technologies that are likely to have the greatest impact on a company and an industry are technologies outside its own field.
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074 |
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…management has to start out with the assumption that there is no one technology that pertains to an industry and that, on the contrary, all technologies are capable – and indeed likely – to be of major importance to any industry…
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075 |
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…when a theory shows the first signs of becoming obsolete, it is time to start thinking again, to ask again which assumptions… reflect reality most accurately.
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091 |
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…the first task of managers is to make effective the strengths of people. And this they can do only if they start out with the assumption that people – and especially managers and professional contributors – want to achieve.
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267 |
