Quotes

Influencer, Page 263

…the data have to be fresh, consistent, and relevant if they’re going to have much of an impact.

Deep Work, Page 263

To leave the distracted masses to join the focused few… is a transformative experience.

Hacking Growth, Page 263

When something is about to sell out, is hard to get, a deal is expiring, or your customers may miss out one way or another, you’re more likely to make the sale than otherwise.

Influencer, Page 263

The fact that different groups of employees are exposed to wildly different data streams helps explain why people often have such different priorities and passions.

Mistakes Were Made (but not by me), Page 263

…history is written by the victors, but it’s victims who write the memoirs.

The Way We’re Working Isn’t Working, Page 264

The most universally despised of all qualities among leaders is egocentricity – selfishness and self-absorption.

Grit, Page 264

Success is never final; failure is never fatal. It’s courage that counts.

Getting Things Done, Page 264

Getting going of your own accord, before you’re forced to by external pressure and internal stress, builds a firm foundation of self-worth…

Lean Thinking, Page 264

…what primary workers and front-line managers typically don’t understand is how to think horizontally about the total flow of value and how to pull it.

Influence, Page 264

Almost invariably, our response to banned information is to want to receive the information and to become more favorable toward it than we were before the ban.