Quotes

The Messy Middle, Page 322

The accounting of how you spend your minutes is the hard truth of your values.

Influence, Page 322

…written down and publicly made commitments can be used not only to influence others in desirable ways but to influence ourselves similarly.

Influence, Page 322

Whenever one takes a stand visible to others, there arises a drive to maintain that stand in order to look like a consistent person.

Mistakes Were Made (but not by me), Page 323

In the final analysis, a nation’s character, and an individual’s integrity, do not depend on being error free. It depends on what we do after making the error.

Pour Your Heart Into It, Page 323

The head of a company can’t, and shouldn’t, always be the cheerleader.

The Enthusiastic Employee, Page 323

…feedback needs to proceed from a manager’s intentions to help and guide his employees. The goal should be learning, not venting, shaming, or lambasting.

Lean Thinking, Page 323

Most managers accept the intellectual proposition that improvement is never finished.

Pour Your Heart Into It, Page 323

When the chips are down… People want guidance, not rhetoric. They need to know what the plan of action is, and how it will be implemented.

Management, Page 323

The outside, the area of results, is much less accessible than the inside. The central problem of the executive in the large organization is insulation from the outside.

High Performance Habits, Page 323

Superiority, dissatisfaction, and neglect are your enemies. Let them invade your life, and you lose.