Quotes

The Power of Habit, Page 25

Habits are powerful, but delicate. They can emerge outside our consciousness, or can be deliberately designed.

Who Believed in You?, Page 025

When people work for us, we want to add value to their careers and ensure they’re able to grow, reach their full potential, and have a strong impact.

Distracted, Page 025

Today, our virtual, split-screen, and nomadic era is eroding opportunities for deep focus, awareness, and reflection. As a result, we face a real risk of societal decline.

Quiet Leadership, Page 25

…if you want to change your habits, just give less energy to the habits you don’t like.

ReWork, Page 025

Not only is… workaholism unnecessary, it’s stupid. Working more doesn’t mean you care more or get more done. It just means you work more.

Overwhelmed, Page 25

Time studies find that a mother, especially one who works outside the home for pay, is among the most time-poor humans on the planet, especially single mothers…

What Got You Here Won’t Get You There, Page 25

…the higher we climb the organizational totem pole, the more superstitious we become.

The Power of Habit, Page 25

…[habits] shape our lives far more than we realize – they are so strong, in fact, that they cause our brains to cling to them at the exclusion of all else, including common sense.

Hooked, Page 25

The fact is that successfully changing long-term user habits is exceptionally rare.

Influence, Page 25

Especially for relatively small favors, the desire to repay seems to fade with time. But when gifts are of the truly notable and memorable sort, they can be remarkably long-lived.