Quotes

Reality is Broken, Page 44

…there are many ways to be happy, but we cannot find happiness. No object, no event, no outcome or life circumstance can deliver real happiness to us. We have to make our own happiness – by working hard at activities that provide their own reward.

Quiet Leadership, Page 44

To tell denies or negates another’s intelligence. To ask honors it. – Sir John Whitmore

Lost and Founder, Page 044

The services you provide expose you to real-life problems that consumers and organizations face.

The Future Is Faster Than You Think, Page 044

In business, since lithe trumps lumbering during times of rapid change, agility will be the biggest advantage.

Off Balance, Page 44

People come to work because they have dreams for themselves and for their families.

Out of Our Minds, Page 044

Digital technologies are blurring the boundaries between home and work, business and pleasure.

Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It, Page 044

As opposed to being a way to make work suck less, flexible work arrangements actually reinforce the status quo. In fact, flextime can make life suck more.

Think Again, Page 44

In too many domains of our lives, we never gain enough expertise to question our opinions or discover what we don’t know.

Drive, Page 44

Rewards, by their very nature, narrow our focus. That’s helpful when there’s a clear path to a solution. They help us stare ahead and race faster. But ‘if-then’ motivators are terrible for challenges…

On Becoming a Leader, Page 044

Training is good for dogs, because we require obedience from them. In people, all it does is orient them toward the bottom line.