Quotes

Good Work, Page 021

Professions arise when a group of individual practitioners define the specific knowledge, skills, practices, rules, and values that differentiate them from the rest of the culture.

Focus, Page 21

This collective intelligence, the sum total of what everyone in a distributed group can contribute, promises maximal focus…

Talent is Overrated, Page 21

[Talent]… is a natural ability to do something better than most people can do it… And it is innate; you’re born with it, and if you’re not born with it, you can’t acquire it.

The Art of Possibility, Page 021

On the whole, resources are likely to come to you in greater abundance when you are generous and inclusive and engage people in your passion for life.

The Messy Middle, Page 021

The line between a big win and failure is thin. You can get the important stuff right and still lose by not enduring long enough.

The Rare Find, Page 21

Find your unlikely stars by noticing what others don’t see. The best assessors in any field are constantly learning something new about their subjects.

Only the Paranoid Survive, Page 021

Competition is about creating change… the ability to recognize that the winds have shifted and to take appropriate action before you wreck your boat is crucial to the future of an enterprise.

Hooked, Page 21

Hooked users become brand evangelists – megaphones for your company, bringing in new users at little or no cost.

168 Hours, Page 21

…we feel overworked and underrested, and tend to believe stories that confirm this view.

Freakonomics, Page 021

Cheating may or may not be human nature, but it is certainly a prominent feature in just about every human endeavor.