Quotes

Lost and Founder, Page 026

Transparency can’t just be a tactic… It has to be a core value that’s consistently followed.

Sooner Safer Happier, Page 026

The biggest impediment to flow, to better outcomes, might be in behavioral norms, leadership, finance, HR, PMO, real estate, governance committees, and so on.

Influencer, Page 026

If there’s a chance that the very process of measuring results might drive the wrong behavior, then be sure to faithfully measure the actions you need to produce those results as well.

Tiny Habits, Page 26

When motivation is middling, people will do a behavior only if it’s fairly easy…

ReWork, Page 026

If all you do is work, you’re unlikely to have sound judgments. Your values and decision making wind up skewed. You stop being able to decide what’s worth the extra effort and what’s not. And you wind up just plain tired. No one makes sharp decisions when tired.

Radical Candor, Page 026

When this is the toxic culture of guidance, criticism is a weapon rather than a tool for improvement; it makes the giver feel powerful and the receiver feel awful.

Quiet Leadership, Page 26

…we need to help people focus on solutions instead of problems.

Lost and Founder, Page 026

If you openly share some things, but hide others, credibility will suffer. Your team will always wonder what you’re not sharing.

The Infinite Game, Page 026

Regardless of how we choose to play, it is essential that we be honest with ourselves and others about our choice – for our choice makes ripples.

Blink, Page 26

…for a marriage to survive, the ratio of positive to negative emotion in a given encounter has to be at least five to one.