Quotes

Courage is Calling, Page 165

You have to believe you can make a difference. You have to try to make one.

Focus, Page 165

Focused attention, like a strained muscle, gets fatigued… Rest and restoring physical and mental energy get built into the training regimen.

Emotional Agility, Page 165

Staying emotionally agile requires us to find the equilibrium between overcompetence on the one hand and overchallenge on the other. This is the teeter-totter principle.

Toxic Positivity, Page 166

…choosing when, where, and with whom we share our emotions is extremely important.

Focus, Page 166

Optimal practice maintains optimal concentration.

Tiny Habits, Page 166

…like any process, there are things we can do to optimize it – to speed things along and make course corrections along the way.

Stumbling on Happiness, Page 166

…we derive support for our preferred conclusions by listening to the words that we put in the mouths of people who have already been preselected for their willingness to say what we want to hear.

How, Page 166

Trust empowers others but, because it is a virtue, it also empowers one’s self.

Radical Candor, Page 166

It’s important that you, as the leader, encourage your team to take the time to talk to one another.

The Power of Habit, Page 166

For an organization to work, leaders must cultivate habits that both create a real and balanced peace and, paradoxically, make it absolutely clear who’s in charge.