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Denial… does not change reality. It simply makes reality tougher to deal with.
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039 |
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It is an old saying that the time to make a change is when you don’t have to. Everybody knows it. Nobody would argue with it. Few abide by it.
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062 |
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It is extraordinarily difficult to bring about change in a big company.
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161 |
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Leadership, it has been said, consists of using minimum problems to create maximum positive change.
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161 |
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During crisis, companies don’t suddenly change. They are what they are, only more so.
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206 |
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The room changes, the feeling changes the geography changes, in the presence of a man or woman with power. They see the world through a different lens from the rest of us.
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207 |
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Changing one’s mind about human nature is hard work, and changing one’s mind for the worse about oneself is even harder.
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172 |
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…the outcome of a start-up depends as much on the achievements of its competitors and on changes in the market as on its own efforts.
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260 |
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…the disadvantages of a change loom larger than its advantages, including a bias that favors the status quo.
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292 |
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Loss aversion is a powerful conservative force that favors minimal changes from the status quo in the lives of both institutions and individuals.
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305 |