 |
…a hallmark of effective bosses everywhere is that they doggedly protect their people.
|
36 |
 |
If you are a boss, protecting yourself from intrusions may be a lost cause… management work requires dozens – sometimes hundreds – of brief and fragmented tasks each day.
|
163 |
 |
Good bosses try to cooperate with superiors and do what is best for their organizations, but they realize that defiance can be required to protect their people and themselves…
|
167 |
 |
Predictability helps people know when to relax versus when dread and vigilance are warranted – which protects them from the emotional and physical exhaustion…
|
184 |
 |
Timing is everything. If you undertake these changes while your company is still healthy, while your ongoing business forms a protective bubble in which you can experiment with the new ways of doing business, you can save much more of your company’s strength, your employees and your strategic position.
|
035 |
 |
At the heart of making the most of life today is the ability to treasure and protect your connections to what you care most about: people, places, activities, pets… But you must not have too many connections or none will flourish.
|
042 |
 |
Only by deliberately deciding what to attend can you protect yourself against having your attention stolen.
|
113 |
 |
…a robust protection against a known threat is not always sufficient; in complex systems, threats can flow from many places.
|
077 |
 |
The best protection of an idea is great implementation of the idea.
|
137 |
 |
Self-justification… will protect high self-esteem to avoid dissonance, but it will also protect low self-esteem if that is a default self-perception.
|
045 |
