Quotes

The Effective Manager, Page 22

To be an effective manager means encouraging and inspiring all of your directs to higher performance even when they say they don’t want to…

Accelerate, Page 22

…actions by senior executives clearly signal that the network is not in any way a rogue operation… it is part of a system designed for competing and winning.

Stumbling on Happiness, Page 022

…gaining control can have a positive impact on one’s health and well-being, but losing control can be worse than never having had any at all.

Making the Case, Page 022

…if you want something badly enough, you should fight for the opportunity – even if other people tell you it doesn’t exist.

The Heart of Change, Page 22

Video plays better to our brains, hard-wired from thousands of years of evolution to absorb deeply what we see, in particular, but also what we hear and touch.

Heart, Smarts, Guts, and Luck, Page 022

If we approach an idea or business with Heart, hard work not only becomes tolerable, it turns into a fierce exercise in headlong joy.

The Start-up of You, Page 022

Permanent beta is essentially a lifelong commitment to continuous personal growth.

Inspired, Page 23

People are always searching for a silver bullet to create products… But there is no silver bullet, and inevitably people figure this out. That’s when the backlash begins.

No Hard Feelings, Page 023

…chronically overworking is bad for your health and – counterintuitively – for your success.

Winners Never Cheat, Page 23

Forget about who finishes first and who finishes last. Decent, honorable people finish races – and their lives – in grand style and with respect.