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…gaffe-prone people fail to pick up the social signals that they are making other people uneasy.
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An organization that focuses inwardly may execute superbly. But if it has not attuned to the larger world in which it operates, that execution may end up in the service of a failed strategy.
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When a risky idea succeeds… the payoff is fantastic. But it’s the failures that, while painful, provide the greatest return on investment.
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When our new ideas fail, it’s usually because we were overconfident about how well customers would understand and how much they would care.
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Time magnifies the margin between success and failure. It will multiply whatever you feed it. Good habits make time your ally. Bad habits make time your enemy.
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Good habits can make rational sense, but if they conflict with your identity, you will fail to put them into action.
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Over the long run… the real reason you fail to stick with habits is that your self-image gets in the way.
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This is the feedback loop behind all human behavior: try, fail, learn, try differently. With practice, the useless movements fade away and the useful actions get reinforced. That’s a habit forming.
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Every goal is doomed to fail if it goes against the grain of human nature.
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Most of us are experts at avoiding criticism. It doesn’t feel good to fail or to be judged publicly, so we tend to avoid situations when that might happen.
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