Quotes

Pour Your Heart Into It, Page 337

Success should not be measured in dollars. It’s about how you conduct the journey, and how big your heart is at the end of it.

Pour Your Heart Into It, Page 337

One person can only do so much. But if he gathers a company of people around him who are committed to the same goals, if he galvanizes them and inspires them and taps into their inner drive, they can perform miracles together.

The Enthusiastic Employee, Page 338

…recognition is vitally important to employees and that employees listen carefully to every word that is said when it is given.

Pour Your Heart Into It, Page 338

Victory is much more meaningful when it comes not just from the efforts of one person, but from the joint achievements of many.

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.

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

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