Quotes

Sooner Safer Happier, Page 303

Teams should have the autonomy to self-manage, self-design, and self-govern within their boundaries.

Thinking, Fast and Slow, Page 304

If you are set to look for it, the asymmetric intensity of the motives to avoid losses and to achieve gains shows up almost everywhere.

Pour Your Heart Into It, Page 304

Holding yourself to a higher standard is expensive and time-consuming. It requires you to spend an enormous amount of time and money dealing with issues that many other companies would comfortably ignore. When the problems seem unsolvable, you have to keep after them.

Sooner Safer Happier, Page 304

Incentives should be aimed at teams rather than individuals, and be based on shared, measurable, team-level outcomes.

Sooner Safer Happier, Page 305

…where there is autonomy, empowerment, intent, and purpose, individuals will look to develop skills and build mastery.

High Performance Habits, Page 305

…the more grateful you are, the more humble you feel. And the more humble you feel, the more grateful you are.

Thinking, Fast and Slow, Page 305

Loss aversion is a powerful conservative force that favors minimal changes from the status quo in the lives of both institutions and individuals.

Flawless Consulting, Page 305

The questions that heal us and offer hope for authentic change are the ones we cannot easily answer.

Flawless Consulting, Page 305

Living systems are not controllable, despite the fact that they evolve toward order and some cohesion.

Mistakes Were Made (but not by me), Page 305

Becoming aware that we are in a state of dissonance can also help us make sharper, smarter, conscious choices instead of letting automatic, self-protective mechanisms resolve our discomfort in our favor.