Quotes

Unapologetically Ambitious, Page 153

The hard-won lessons you learn while meeting life’s challenges? If you leverage them right, they become your secret weapons.

Enshittification, Page 153

When any part of an industry’s supply chain is captured by a monopolist, the whole supply chain has to monopolize, lest it fall victim to a powerful buyer or a powerful seller.

Influence, Page 153

…when people are unsure, they are more likely to use others’ actions to decide how they themselves should act.

Pour Your Heart Into It, Page 153

Strong, creative people are a lot more stimulating to be around that yes-men.

The Lean Startup, Page 153

…the living dead. It happens when a company has achieved a modicum of success – just enough to stay alive – but is not living up to the expectations of its founders and investors.

It Doesn’t Have to Be Crazy at Work, Page 153

Good decisions don’t so much need consensus as they need commitment.

Stumbling on Happiness, Page 153

The fact is that negative events do affect us, but they generally don’t affect us as much or for as along as we expect them to.

Never Split the Difference, Page 153

Regardless of what language the word ‘why’ is translated into, it’s accusatory. There are very rare moments when this is to your advantage.

Playing Big, Page 153

…brilliant women feature others’ ideas to sidestep claiming their own thought leadership.

Only the Paranoid Survive, Page 153

…to lead your organization out of the resulting ambiguity [of a strategic inflection point] and to energize your staff toward a new direction, you must rein in chaos.