Quotes

Inspired, Page 58

We need design – not just as a service to make our product beautiful – but to discover the right product.

Grit, Page 58

Enthusiasm is common. Endurance is rare.

Drive, Page 58

This is the nature of economic bubbles: What seems to be irrational exuberance is ultimately a bad case of extrinsically motivated myopia.

Never Eat Alone, Page 58

Great companies are built by CEOs who inspire love and admiration. In today’s world, mean guys finish last.

Mistakes Were Made (but not by me), Page 058

It’s immensely hard to overcome… blind spot[s], even when doing so is part of your job description.

The Rare Find, Page 58

The best experts in any field constantly stretch their horizons so they can do something new.

The Heart of Change, Page 58

You always have to be cautious that you don’t recklessly jump ahead. Trying to empower people who don’t feel much urgency doesn’t work.

CrazyBusy, Page 058

In today’s world, free time or down time – time to do nothing but just hang out and think or feel or listen and watch – has become as rare as silence.

Mistakes Were Made (but not by me), Page 059

All of us are as unaware of our blind spots as fish are unaware of the water they swim in, but those who swim in the waters of privilege have a particular motivation to remain oblivious.

Distracted, Page 059

Whether you call it being multifaceted or being fragmented, at its heart networked individualism is about diffusion.