Quotes

Management, Page 017

Responsibility for contribution, rather than genius is the manager’s basic requirement.

Decisive, Page 17

The future has an uncanny ability to surprise. We can’t shine a spotlight on areas when we don’t know they exist.

Toxic Positivity, Page 17

When we show up authentically, rather than using toxic positivity, we’re validating that what the other person is going through is real, empathizing, and not sugarcoating or denying their experience.

Do the Work!, Page 018

Don’t prepare. Begin. The enemy is Resistance. Start before you’re ready.

Empowered, Page 018

Good product leaders are skilled at helping others feel shared ownership.

Good Boss, Bad Boss, Page 18

In businesses where a higher proportion of employees report that their immediate bosses care about them, employee satisfaction, retention, and productivity are higher, and so is profitability.

Outliers, Page 18

…there is something profoundly wrong with the way we make sense of success.

It Doesn’t Have to Be Crazy at Work, Page 018

…you hereby have our permission to bury the hustle. To put in a good day’s work, day after day, but nothing more.

Seductive Interaction Design, Page 018

…design choices influence perceptions, elicit different responses, and affect a person’s ability to complete a task.

Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It, Page 018

If you are adding value to the company, if you are performing, then who cares if it takes you forty hours or forty seconds to do it?