Quotes

The Way We’re Working Isn’t Working, Page 043

When you make a commitment to someone else to change a specific behavior, it creates a higher level of accountability.

Courage is Calling, Page 043

If you don’t think you have any power, you don’t. If you aren’t the captain of your fate…then fate is the captain of you.

ReWork, Page 043

If no one’s upset by what you’re saying, you’re probably not pushing hard enough. (And you’re probably boring, too.)

Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It, Page 043

People just want to be trusted to do their work. They want to be trusted to as adults in the workplace, adults who will do their jobs.

Getting to Yes, Page 43

Interests motivate people; they are the silent movers behind the hubbub of positions. Your position is something you have decided upon. Your interests are what caused you to so decide.

The Badass Business Analyst, Page 043

Intelligent Disobedience is this: A Business Analyst who is willing and able to disobey authority, break rules, or go against the status quo when they know it is the right thing to do for the people, the project, or the organization.

Courage is Calling, Page 043

…if you decide it can’t be done, it’s not happening. Not by you, anyway.

Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It, Page 043

Everyone knows what trust feels like and flexible work arrangements are not about trust.

CrazyBusy, Page 043

…only by selecting with care to what and to whom you want to give your precious time, attention, and energy will you be able to maintain a positive emotional state and do your best.

A World Without Email, Page 43

…our instinct to connect is accompanies by an anxious unease when we neglect these interactions.