Quotes

The Messy Middle, Page 075

When you find your mind drifting to the past and questioning yourself, focus on the fact that you are now more qualified to weather what’s ahead.

Hidden Potential, Page 075

…success is not so much how close you come to perfection as how much you overcome along the way.

The Peter Principle, Page 75

…there is no direct relationship between the size of the staff and the amount of useful work done.

Focus, Page 75

Smart risks are based on wide and voracious data-gathering checked against a gut sense; dumb decisions are built from too narrow a base of inputs.

Playing Big, Page 075

Curiosity is a miracle drug for treating fear… That pure, childlike sense of wanting to discover and learn can’t coexist with fear.

The Messy Middle, Page 075

Every storm better prepares us for the next. Trying again after getting beaten down is never easy – but the important things never are.

Brain Rules, Page 075

Studies show that a certain amount of uncertainty can be good for productivity, especially for bright, motivated employees.

Dare to Forgive, Page 075

Premature forgiveness only leads to anger later on. As unpleasant as the pain can be, you must feel it through and through before you can move on.

The Lean Startup, Page 75

At its heart, a startup is a catalyst that transforms ideas into products.

The E-Myth Revisited, Page 75

What we must do… is to provide our inner entrepreneur with a model of a business that works, a model that is so exciting that it stimulates our entrepreneurial personality – our innovative side…