Quotes

Measure What Matters, Page 51

Clear-cut time frames intensify our focus and commitment: nothing moves us forward like a deadline.

Overwhelmed, Page 51

For most of human history, [leisure] was the kind of time available only to the wealthy and the powerful.

How to Talk with Anyone about Anything, Page 051

With structure, safety happens; when safety happens, connecting happens.

Give and Take, Page 51

Dormant ties offer the access to novel information that weak ties afford, but without the discomfort.

Drive, Page 51

The problem with making an extrinsic reward the only destination that matters is that some people will choose the quickest route there, even if it means taking the low road.

Measure What Matters, Page 51

To win in the global marketplace, organizations need to be more nimble than ever before.

Never Eat Alone, Page 51

The choice isn’t between success and failure; it’s between choosing risk and striving for greatness, or risking nothing and being certain of mediocrity.

On Becoming a Leader, Page 051

…all of us can find tangible and intangible rewards in self-knowledge and self-control, because if you go on doing what you’ve always done, you’ll go on getting what you’ve always got – which may be less than you want or deserve.

Something Really New, Page 051

Relaunch is the ugliest word in the product developer’s vocabulary. Relaunches eat up resources needed for the next year’s products.

Give and Take, Page 51

…the older we get, the more dormant ties we have, and the more valuable they become.