Quotes

Grit, Page 226

…if extracurricular activities are a way of practicing grit, it stands to reason that they’re especially beneficial when we do them for more than a year.

Give and Take, Page 226

If we help people who belong to our group, we’re also helping ourselves, as we’re making the group better off.

A World Without Email, Page 226

The core of the specialization principle is the idea that less can be more.

Decisive, Page 226

Because day-to-day change is gradual, even imperceptible, it’s hard to know when to jump. Tripwires tell you when to jump.

Unapologetically Ambitious, Page 226

Choose an industry where you’ll have a core role, as opposed to playing a supporting part.

Why Managers Matter, Page 226

Strategies, no matter how carefully designed, are road maps to destinations we have never visited, over territory that has not been carefully explored.

Priceless, Page 226

…consumers pay too much attention to prices and not enough to the buying power that those prices represent. The signifier becomes more important than the signified.

A World Without Email, Page 226

If you design workflows that allow knowledge workers to spend most of their time focusing without distraction… you’ll produce much more total value…

Unreasonable Hospitality, Page 226

As you grow, you can’t lose the very thing that gave you the opportunity to grow.

Atomic Habits, Page 226

Specialization is a powerful way to overcome the ‘accident’ of bad genetics. The more you master a specific skill, the harder it becomes for others to compete with you.