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…the more prominent a talent hunt may be, the easier it is for selectors to lose track of what they really need.

This is the burden of having too much. It’s easy to spend or dispose of what we don’t need where there is plenty more available.

If we simply measure the amount of food or energy Americans throw out, how much money we spend wantonly, that should give us an indication of how little we actually need.

As social animals, we more than want the approval of those in our tribe, we need it.

The problem now is that we have produced an abundance of nearly everything we need or want. And we don’t do well with abundance.

The best endings don’t leave us happy. Instead, they produce something richer – a rush of unexpected insight, a fleeting moment of transcendence, the possibility that by discarding what we wanted we’ve gotten what we need.

There is strong evidence that power turns people into insensitive jerks who are oblivious to subordinates’ needs and actions.

The truth is this: in today’s society, computer and video games are fulfilling genuine human needs that the real world is currently unable to satisfy.

[Good managers] understand their employees’ needs, and they genuinely care about them.

It takes great leadership to build great teams, and winning teams are developed under leaders who can flex and bend their own personalities around each team member’s needs.