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By the time you’ve been in the workforce for three of four years you are, if anything, a black belt in making excuses.

Socially acceptable excuses are the truths about our time that in a traditional work environment we dare not utter.

Here is one of the ironies of the workplace: We put so much emphasis on time and yet we don’t have a very good handle on how long things actually take.

…the rules of work have more to do with enforcing how work looks than actually getting work done.

The work going on in your brain can happen no matter where you brain is. When individuals and organizations embrace this idea, it frees people up to do their best work.

…you have a job to do and you do it, and when employees and managers are united in work rather than engaging in unhealthy internal competition, then it’s just that much easier to do your job.

There are growing pains at first [in a Results-only Work Environment], but eventually people find out a way to both get what they need from their coworkers and respect their time.

There is an idea out there, a kind of macho work ethic, that work is battle, that work is all-out war.

…we’re not at war and we shouldn’t have to feel like we’re at war just because we’ve gone to work.

Working hard and feeling stressed and overwhelmed do not make you a hero. It doesn’t mean you’re tough; it means you’re willing to put up with more bullshit than someone else.