Quotes

Start With No, Page 212

Don’t just get around the blocker, but also get a useful introduction from the blocker. This is much easier to do when you understand what the blocker is really doing, which is trying to feel okay.

Team of Teams, Page 212

…as our environment erupts with too many possibilities to plan for effectively, we must become comfortable sharing power.

The Hard Thing About Hard Things, Page 213

Every time you make the hard, correct decision you become a bit more courageous and every time you make the easy, wrong decision you become bit more cowardly.

Never Eat Alone, Page 213

Content creators have always been in high demand. They get promotions. They’re responsible for the Big Ideas. They’re regularly asked to speak at conferences and are featured in newspapers and magazines.

The Badass Business Analyst, Page 213

A Badass Business Analyst cannot be afraid of people. Maybe the things they do but not the person. Tap into negotiation skills, empathy, and patience do deal with the most difficult people you know.

Seductive Interaction Design, Page 213

It’s natural to make decisions based on what other people are doing. We are incredibly social creatures.

High Performance Habits, Page 213

Stop producing outputs that don’t make your soul sing.

Leaders Eat Last, Page 213

Can you imagine getting rid of one of your children because you made less money than you expected last year? Imagine how your kids would feel about that plan. Well, that’s how it is in too many companies today.

Blink, Page 213

We can all mind-read effortlessly and automatically because the clues we need to make sense of someone or some social situation are right there on the faces of those in front of us.

The Infinite Game, Page 213

The courage to see the Infinite Game – to see the purpose of business as something more heroic than simply making money, even it it’s unpopular with the finite players around us – is hard.