Quotes

Never Eat Alone, Page 294

Our souls are hungry for meaning, for the sense that we have figured out how to live so that our lives matter so the world will at least be a little bit different for our having passed through it. – Harold Kushner

Thanks for the Feedback, Page 294

…feedback lives (or dies) amid the trust, credibility, relationship, and communications skills between giver and receiver.

Influence, Page 294

Once we make a choice or take a stand, we encounter personal and interpersonal pressures to think and behave consistently with that commitment.

Influence, Page 294

The drive to be (and look) consistent constitutes a potent driving force, often causing us to act in ways contrary to our own best interest.

Influence, Page 295

Without [consistency], our lives would be difficult, erratic, and disjointed.

Inspired, Page 295

…it is all too easy to institute processes that govern how you produce products that can bring innovation to a grinding halt.

Influence, Page 295

When it occurs unthinkingly, consistency can be disastrous. Nonetheless, even blind consistency has its attractions.

Influence, Page 295

Once we have made up our minds about an issue, stubborn consistency allows us an appealing luxury: we don’t have to think hard about the issue anymore.

Management, Page 295

Few things can do as much damage as right decisions to wrong problems.

The Messy Middle, Page 295

…advice should be sought, reconciled, but not necessarily followed.