Quotes

Start With No, Page 62

…most of us humans want to be liked, don’t want to hurt feelings, don’t want to be blunt or surly or arrogant. It’s also true that we don’t want to be on the receiving end of such behavior. But this does not mean that we want to be everybody’s good friend.

Atomic Habits, Page 62

Before we can effectively build new habits, we need to get a handle on our current ones.

Distracted, Page 062

How and when we choose to move in and out of the reach of others shapes our relationships.

Courage is Calling, Page 062

Life is risky. No amount of corporate ass-covering will ever change that.

Drive, Page 62

For routine tasks, which aren’t very interesting and don’t demand much creative thinking, rewards can provide a small motivational booster shot without the harmful side effects.

Denial, Page 062

It is an old saying that the time to make a change is when you don’t have to. Everybody knows it. Nobody would argue with it. Few abide by it.

No Hard Feelings, Page 062

In today’s workplace, continuing to learn isn’t optional – it’s a necessity.

Mistakes Were Made (but not by me), Page 062

Conflict of interest and politics are synonymous, and we all understand the cozy collaboration that politicians forge to preserve their own power at the expense of the common welfare.

Courage is Calling, Page 062

No amount of hiding will actually protect you from scary things.

Drive, Page 62

…’as long as the task involved only mechanical skill, bonuses worked as they would be expected: the higher the pay, the better the performance.’