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…being a boss is much like being a high-status primate in any group: the creatures beneath you in the pecking order watch every move you make…
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31 |
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…the status quo is the path you’re already on or the way you’ve always done things. The bias is that we have a preference to stick with those decisions, methods, and paths that we’ve already set upon, and a resistance to veering from them into something new or different.
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150 |
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The more we consume, acquire, and elevate our status, the harder it is to stay happy.
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45 |
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…top-performing team members are those who possess the confidence to challenge the status quo, think strategically, and speak up to put the organization’s success at the front of every decision.
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085 |
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Inspirational leaders, by their nature, challenge the status quo and are not afraid of change.
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110 |
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The most difficult barriers that startups face are inertia and a reliance on the status quo.
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250 |
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As opposed to being a way to make work suck less, flexible work arrangements actually reinforce the status quo. In fact, flextime can make life suck more.
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044 |
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…part of the power of the status quo is that it doesn’t have to do anything to reinforce its attitudes.
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093 |
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…the status quo makes us masters of the white lie. But there is something deeper going on here, something that gets back to the idea that your job owns your time.
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099 |
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In [the doomsayers’] minds, even if work sucks, they think that at least the status quo affords some measure of stability and control. Without that control a business descends into anarchy.
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114 |
