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The antidote to procrastination is to reverse this process – to become skilled at spending time each day engaged in your most significant work.

Management, when done well, can propel an organization toward success while enhancing the lives of people working within it.

…managers at every level affect the inner work life and, consequently, the creativity and productivity of people throughout the organization.

Even though many managers – and employees – would like to ignore emotions, pretending that such ‘messy’ things do not belong in the workplace, such studied ignorance is a dangerous gamble.

Intrinsic motivation – deep engagement in the work – can drive people to surprising displays of seemingly unrewarded effort.

…as long as the work is meaningful, managers do not have to spend time coming up with ways to motivate people to do that work.

Having meaningful work that is supported by management can enhance life immeasurably.

…managers who say – or secretly believe – that employees work better under pressure, uncertainty, unhappiness, or fear are just plain wrong.

When our work is devoid of meaning, then even completing a long list of tasks cannot yield a genuine sense of accomplishment.

…as a manager, you must keep the progress loop in motion by continually facilitating progress and removing obstacles.