Quotes

Pour Your Heart Into It, Page 338

Success is sweetest when it’s shared.

Thinking, Fast and Slow, Page 339

In addition to improving the emotional quality of life, the deliberate avoidance of exposure to short-term outcomes improves the quality of both decisions and outcomes.

The Enthusiastic Employee, Page 339

…people want honest and deserved acknowledgement of their contributions and, when received, it is greatly appreciated. Don’t spoil it.

Thinking, Fast and Slow, Page 340

…your ability to reduce or eliminate the pain of the occasional loss by the thought that the policy that left you exposed to it will almost certainly be financially advantageous over the long run.

Thinking, Fast and Slow, Page 342

Except for the very poor, for whom income coincides with survival, the main motivators of money-seeking are not necessarily economic.

The Enthusiastic Employee, Page 342

…the perfect executive does not exist, and this is discovered – sometimes with shock and dismay – after the new person is on board.

Thinking, Fast and Slow, Page 342

…money is a proxy for points on a scale of self-regard and achievement.

Management, Page 343

…in knowledge-based work especially, additional capital investment is likely to require more rather than less labor.

The Enthusiastic Employee, Page 343

It is imperative that the company first seek all possible internal candidates for an opening.

Thinking, Fast and Slow, Page 343

For Humans, mental accounts are a form of narrow framing; they keep things under control and manageable by a finite mind.