Quotes

Working Identity, Page 156

One of the central identity problems that has to be worked out during a career transition is deciding on the story that links the old and new self.

Focus, Page 156

Education upgrades mental models. Helping students master the cognitive maps… means these insights will become part of their decision rules in adulthood.

Good to Great, Page 156

Mediocrity results first and foremost from management failure, not technological failure.

Traction, Page 156

Your people doing things because they’ve always done them that way is not good enough. With the opportunity to build a well-oiled machine, you must now be able to show them a better way.

It’s the Manager, Page 156

…you need great managers who can inspire engagement and productivity while maintaining clear expectations, ongoing coaching and accountability for all employees.

Atomic Habits, Page 156

Whenever you organize a space for its intended purpose, you are priming it to make the next action easy.

High Performance Habits, Page 156

If you can stoke the necessity to be your best in order to help others, you’ll hit high performance faster and stay there longer.

On Becoming a Leader, Page 156

…if there is anything that undermines trust, it is the feeling that the people at the top lack integrity, are without a solid sense of ethics.

Overwhelmed, Page 156

Grousing about how little husbands do at home is a regular and tiresomely predictable social exchange.

Never Split the Difference, Page 156

…without self-control and emotional regulation, [negotiating using calibrated questions] doesn’t work.