Quotes

How to Be Happy at Work, Page 180

…when you’ve heard a wake-up call, you need to engage in optimism and commit to a positive outlook about the future.

Leaders Eat Last, Page 180

Give authority to those closest to the information.

Good to Great, Page 180

…the drive for mergers and acquisitions comes less from sound reasoning and more from the fact that doing deals is a much more exciting way to spend your day than doing actual work. – Peter Drucker

Fierce Conversations, Page 180

There is a universal longing to be known, to be understood. Unfortunately, the experience is rare.

The Speed of Trust, Page 180

Anyone who stops learning is old, whether this happens at twenty or eight. – Harvey Ullman

Never Split the Difference, Page 180

…using your own name creates the dynamic of ‘forced empathy.’ It makes the other side see you as a person.

The Way We’re Working Isn’t Working, Page 180

Given the way our brains are designed, we actually learn less well when we’re presented with a great deal of information all at once.

A World Without Email, Page 180

…by adding complexity to the rules we use to structure our communication, the actual amount of information required by the interactions can be reduced.

Bullshit Jobs, Page 180

Managerialism has become the pretext for creating a new covert form of feudalism, where wealth and position are allocated not on economic but political grounds…

When, Page 180

Human beings rarely go it alone. Much of what we do – at work, at school, and at home – we do in concert with other people.