Quotes

Emotional Agility, Page 207

…work provides far more than a meal ticket. It can give us a sense of identity and purpose, as well as a framework around which we organize our other activities and interests.

Denial, Page 207

Simply being aware that you and your company are capable of lying to yourselves and tailoring facts to fit your preconceptions is important. You can’t avoid blind spots when you drive.

Who Believed in You?, Page 207

…leaders need to establish clear and candid communication at the start of a mentoring relationships.

Denial, Page 207

The room changes, the feeling changes the geography changes, in the presence of a man or woman with power. They see the world through a different lens from the rest of us.

Leading the Unleadable, Page 207

…when you decide to get better at something, think about what things you will try.

Denial, Page 207

[People with power] don’t really know as much as they think about their own organization because people stop telling them the truth.

Leading the Unleadable, Page 207

Learn from success and from successful failures. Celebrate both. Successful failures are failed attempts where you learn something.

Switch, Page 207

…one of the subtle ways in which our environment acts on us is by reinforcing (or deterring) our habits.

Management, Page 207

Knowledge-worker productivity is the biggest of the management challenges of the twenty-first century.

The Lean Startup, Page 207

Sustainable growth is characterized b one simple rule: New customers come from the actions of past customers.