Quotes

How, Page 37

…we’re hooked by our newfound access, in the information age, once we’ve gotten a taste of scandal we can’t seem to get enough.

Getting to Yes, Page 37

Understanding is not agreeing. One can at the same time understand perfectly and disagree completely with what the other side is saying.

Absolute Value, Page 037

…once an intention to buy is formed, the decision is pretty much already made.

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, Page 37

…a fractured team is just like a broken arm or leg; fixing it is always painful, and sometimes you have to rebreak it to make it heal correctly. And the rebreak hurts a lot more than the initial break, because you have to do it on purpose.

Freakonomics, Page 037

An athlete who cheats to lose… is consigned to a deep circle of sporting hell.

Willpower, Page 37

Emotional control is uniquely difficult because you generally can’t alter your mood by an act of will.

Blink, Page 37

…our personal belongings contain a wealth of very telling information.

CrazyBusy, Page 037

There are people trying (and failing) to crate the illusion of genuine connection. It is not the illusion that we need. We need the real thing.

Absolute Value, Page 037

When we deliberately seek information, we are more likely to use it.

The Lean Startup, Page 37

Unfortunately, ‘learning’ is the oldest excuse in the book for a failure of execution. It’s what managers fall back on when they fail to achieve the results we promised.