Quotes

Mistakes Were Made (but not by me), Page 316

…maturity means an active, self-reflective struggle to accept the dissonance we feel about hopes we did not realize, opportunities we let slide by, mistakes we made, challenges we could not meet, all of which changed our lives in ways we could not anticipate.

The Enthusiastic Employee, Page 316

Without feedback, there can be only a limited sense of achievement and opportunity to improve performance.

Mistakes Were Made (but not by me), Page 316

The happiest, most mature adults were those who could embrace the losses in their lives and transform them into sources of deep gratitude…

The Progress Paradox, Page 317

Happiness must come from within, and money cannot buy it. Whether or not we attain happiness will probably always be unrelated to whether life is getting better.

Management, Page 317

…communications has proven as elusive as the unicorn. The noise level has gone up so fast that on one can really listen anymore to all that babble about communications. But there is clearly less and less communicating.

High Performance Habits, Page 317

There are always warning signs along the road to disaster. We just have to pay attention.

Inspired, Page 317

…the best technology-product companies know that the riskiest strategy of all is to stop taking risks.

Inspired, Page 317

…empowerment means the teams are able to tackle and solve the business problems they’ve been assigned in the best way they see fit.

The Enthusiastic Employee, Page 317

…employees [need feedback], not just form the ‘numbers,’ but from a manager capable of interpreting the numbers and conveying their meaning.

The Enthusiastic Employee, Page 318

…managers dislike (a few even dread) giving performance appraisals; they want to get them over with as quickly as possible and with as little trouble as possible.