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Switch, Page 183

Tweaking the environment is about making the right behavior a little bit easier and the wrong behaviors a little bit harder. It’s that simple.


Hidden Potential, Page 183

When we select leaders, we don’t usually pick the person with the strongest leadership skills. We frequently choose the person who talks the most.


The Way We’re Working Isn’t Working, Page 183

Much as we do with any source of pleasure that begins to provide diminishing returns, our first instinct is to increase the dose.


Good Boss, Bad Boss, Page 183

[Bosses] realize there are times when it is wisest to do a good job of implementing a bad decision.


What Got You Here Won’t Get You There, Page 183

You have to be careful with feedback. Conducted properly, feedback is not deceptive. It reveals what’s on people’s minds. But it can be misinterpreted… or misread…


Tiny Habits, Page 183

The skill of redesigning your environment to make your habits easier to do… is vital to lasting change.


ReWork, Page 183

When something becomes too polished, it loses it soul. It seems robotic.


Emotional Agility, Page 183

…emotional agility leaves room for the considered decision to quit something that is no longer helping you. And that can be a very good thing.


Hidden Potential, Page 183

Research shows that groups promote the people who command the most airtime – regardless of their aptitude and expertise.


CrazyBusy, Page 183

…we want to avoid what we can’t do well. That’s why mastery is a great motivator and frustration a demotivator.