Quotes

How to Be Happy at Work, Page 187

Cultivating happiness at work is a deliberate, conscious act.

The Way We’re Working Isn’t Working, Page 187

We’ve failed to recognize that attention is a capacity that must be both intentionally trained and regularly renewed.

The Art of the Start 2.0, Page 187

The lesson is this: don’t recruit to make an investor happy. Recruit to build a great startup.

Leading the Unleadable, Page 187

…give new leaders difficult immediate challenges with clear sets of expectations and deadlines… You may consider this ‘throwing someone in the deep end to see if he can swim.’ You would be correct. The timing for doing this is perfect at the beginning.

168 Hours, Page 187

For good health, exercise is non-negotiable, and in a sense it’s a core competency. You definitely can’t outsource it.

Nudge, Page 187

…it can be tempting to observe high take-up of a default option and declare victory. Please don’t!

Never Eat Alone, Page 187

Once you’ve cultivated a contact with a new associate or friend, nurture it by pinging. It’s the Miracle-Gro for your blooming garden…

Rapt, Page 187

In the short term, the interplay of attention and motivation is crucial to taking care of business, and in the long term, it helps to make you who you are.

Think Like a Champion, Page 187

…when it comes to success… you cannot give up. You have to keep going and moving forward, no matter what is happening around you or to you. It’s a form of positive thinking that is very powerful.

Good to Great, Page 187

Under the right conditions, the problems of commitment, alignment, motivation, and change largely take care of themselves.