Quotes

CrazyBusy, Page 180

You should try to organize what you are working on well enough that you can be logical and make progress, but not allow it to become rote.

What Got You Here Won’t Get You There, Page 180

…this is one of the defining traits of habitual winners: They stack the deck in their favor. And they’re unabashed about it.

Seductive Interaction Design, Page 180

Attaching a number to anything turns it into a game.

Thanks for the Feedback, Page 180

So, don’t dismiss others’ views of you, but don’t accept them wholesale either.

Traction, Page 180

Don’t get caught up in believing you can complete 100 percent… every quarter. It’s perfectionist thinking and not realistic.

CrazyBusy, Page 180

Doing a task well increases motivation because it is human nature to like to do more of what you do well.

Sooner Safer Happier, Page 180

…[move] away from an order-giver and order-taker relationship to one where we are all the business and will succeed and learn together.

Thanks for the Feedback, Page 180

Emotional distress can send us under the covers for weeks, but it can also cause us – force us – to reevaluate ourselves and our lives in ways that we otherwise simply would not.

Traction, Page 180

You always want to strive for 80 percent completion or better—that’s enough to be truly great.

The Effective Manager, Page 180

Never ask a question whose answer you don’t intend to honor.