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…in a Results-Only Work Environment… you end up playing fewer games with people; there is less political maneuvering and less time spent trying to make people happy in intangible ways.

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.

In a Results-only Work Environment, all the negative feelings at work are gone. Not just guilt, but also envy. When people get rewarded they get rewarded for achievement, not for playing the game.

In a Results-only Work Environment you are still busy, you are still hardworking, but you do it on your terms… Every day you work a little and you play a little and it all blends together.

…if you’re delivering… results, and your company is benefiting, then there is no reason why they should have the right to make you sit in a cubicle from eight to five.

…treat employees like adults by giving them freedom to decide how best to get their work done and hold them accountable for their results, not the hours they work.

Many leaders still rely heavily on negative emotions to generate the results they’re after.

…we’re biologically wired to sense danger. The result is that we notice what’s wrong with our lives far more readily than we do what’s right.

…focusing on a positive outcome rather than avoiding a negative one typically leads to greater persistence, more flexibility in finding ways to reach a goal, increased creativity in solving problems, greater internal motivation, more satisfaction, and better results.

We have vastly more control over how we experience what happens to us – and how we behave as a result – than we ordinarily believe.