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Management, Page 281

A management that does not define performance as a balance of success and failure over a period of time is a management that mistakes conformity for achievement, and absence of weaknesses for strengths.


Never Eat Alone, Page 281

A successful mentoring relationship needs equal parts utility and emotion. You can’t simply ask somebody to be personally invested in you. There has to be some reciprocity involved…


Management, Page 281

The person who consistently renders poor or mediocre performance should be removed from the job for his or her own good.


Never Eat Alone, Page 281

The best way to approach utility is to give help first, and not ask for it. If there is someone whose knowledge you need, find a way to be useful to that person.


Influence, Page 281

As a general rule, when the dust settles and we find losers looking and speaking like winters (and vice versa), we should be especially wary of the conditions that kicked up the dust…


Getting Things Done, Page 281

Providing yourself the right cues, which you will notices at the right time, about the right things, is a core practice of stress-free productivity.


Influence, Page 282

If the majority of our in-group favors a brand of an item we are likely to do the same – while simultaneously differentiating ourselves along a visible dimension, such as the item’s color.


How, Page 282

Everything worth doing encounters resistance along the way.


Influencer, Page 282

Making use of things to enable behavior works best when you can alter the physical world in a way that eliminates human choice entirely.


Management, Page 282

One owes it to the manager’s subordinates not to tolerate poor performance in their boss. They have a right to be managed with competence, dedication, and achievement.