Quotes

Reset, Page 033

Achieving clarity on the way forward is not an incremental victory. It is transformative. It can mean the difference between stuck and unstuck.

Feel the Fear… and Do It Anyway, Page 33

Each time you find yourself in better control of your life you are moving to a position of power, which will ultimately reduce your fear level.

Getting to Yes, Page 33

Making your feelings or theirs an explicit focus of discussion will not only underscore the seriousness of the problem, it will also make the negotiations less reactive and more ‘pro-active.’

Courage is Calling, Page 033

You’d think it’d be better if things were easy… That’s just the fear talking. It’s good that it’s hard. It deters the cowards and it intrigues the courageous.

The Lean Product Playbook, Page 33

Your goal is to iterate until you feel confident that you have identified a target customer with an underserved customer need that you believe you can address.

The Enthusiastic Employee, Page 33

…people want to be proud of the work they do. They want to be paid a fair wage for their efforts and have job stability. Their co-workers – their cooperation and congeniality – are important to them.

Inspired, Page 33

A product team is a group of people who bring together different specialized skills and responsibilities and feel real ownership for a product…

Do the Work!, Page 033

Resistance is an active, intelligent, protean, malign force… whose sole object is to stop us from becoming our best selves and from achieving our higher goals.

Rapt, Page 033

…focusing on negative emotions, particularly when they don’t serve their primary purpose of promoting problem-solving, exacts a high cost: you spend a lot of time feeling crummy even if your life is pretty good.

Heart, Smarts, Guts, and Luck, Page 033

…unless you inject and impose a higher sense of purpose, your efforts will lack soul and be less likely to succeed.