Quotes

Radical Candor, Page 069

When you fire someone, you create the possibility for the person to excel and find happiness performing meaningful work elsewhere.

A Whole New Mind, Page 069

In a world enriched by abundance but disrupted by the automation and outsourcing of white-collar work, everyone, regardless of profession, must cultivate an artistic sensibility… today we must all be designers.

Management, Page 069

It is a sound structural principle to have the fewest layers, that is, to have an organization that is as flat as possible.

Traction, Page 69

If every goal is a ‘stretch goal,’ how do you know what success is? Goals are set to be achieved.

Good Boss, Bad Boss, Page 69

Ask your people what they need to succeed and then try to give it to them. Obvious, isn’t it? It is also remarkably rare.

Deep Work, Page 69

Deep work is at a severe disadvantage in a technopoly because it builds on values like quality, craftsmanship, and mastery that are decidedly old-fashiong and nontechnological.

The Inspirational Leader, Page 069

The most effective businesses today encourage every employee to take on leadership roles.

Unreasonable Hospitality, Page 069

Every manager lives with the fantasy that their team can read their mind. But in reality, you have to make your expectations clear.

Talent is Overrated, Page 69

High repetition is the most important difference between deliberate practice of a task and performing the task for real, when it counts.

The Way We’re Working Isn’t Working, Page 069

We derive recovery not only by literally stopping whatever it is we’re doing, but also by simply changing channels.