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Anxiety and anger drive behavior that can be energetic – which is why people mistake false for true urgency.
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…in large-scale change, if fear is not converted to a positive urgency, and with some speed, it can become a significant liability, not an asset.
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You’ll find the most powerful energy that you can push through your company at the intersection of employees and customers – not either one alone; the energy is in the intersection.
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Appreciation motivates us – it gives us a bounce in our step and the energy to redouble our efforts.
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When we are at our most engaged, most creative, and most energized, we achieve that delicious state of unselfconsciousness called ‘flow’.
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…the attention and effort that goes into resisting temptation (or forcing new, less-appealing behavior) leaves less energy, attention, and persistence available to complete other tasks. – Roy Baumeister
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…the reality is that our early interests are fragile, vaguely defined, and in need of energetic, years-long cultivation and refinement.
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…all that energy, drive, and commitment – all that grit – that was developed through athletics can almost always be transferred to something else. – Bill Fitzsimmons
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It takes numerous encounters with positive people to offset the energy and happiness sapped by a single episode with one asshole.
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When you’re in the flow, the work is energizing and the results extraordinary.
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