Quotes

Focus, Page 255

Great leaders do not settle for systems as they are, but see what they could become, and so work to transform them for the better, to benefit the widest circle.

Thinking, Fast and Slow, Page 255

Because optimistic bias can be both a blessing and a risk, you should be both happy and wary if you are temperamentally optimistic.

Sooner Safer Happier, Page 255

All systems experience entropy over time. Due to entropy, doing nothing is worse than standing still; it’s actually going backward.

Flawless Consulting, Page 255

To have high expectations of others is to have faith in them.

The Enthusiastic Employee, Page 255

…wasted days [in endless departmental meetings with little discernable accomplishment]… are depressing for most workers at all levels.

The Speed of Trust, Page 255

Research clearly shows that customers buy more, buy more frequently, refer more, and stay longer with companies and people they trust.

A World Without Email, Page 255

This idea of pretending to be two different types of workers might seem heavy-handed, but there’s a surprising amount of efficiency to be gained by isolating these distinct categories of effort.

Rules of Estrangement, Page 255

The skills that made you a good parent are now working against your ability to feel self-compassion.

Thinking, Fast and Slow, Page 255

Optimists are normally cheerful and happy, and therefore popular; they are resilient in adapting to failures and hardships…

Management, Page 255

No one can motivate a person toward self-development. Motivation must come from within.