Quotes

Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It, Page 076

…typical corporate policy doesn’t ask people to challenge how they behave.

Heart, Smarts, Guts, and Luck, Page 076

Founders must lead with the vision that they are doing something great. Confidence, passion, and conviction are contagious qualities.

Reality is Broken, Page 76

Success, as they say, means nothing alone. For all the positive feedback that a game can give us, we crave the praise and admiration of our friends and family even more.

Team of Teams, Page 076

In a complex world, disturbances are inevitable, making such a capacity to absorb shocks increasingly important.

The Inspirational Leader, Page 077

…when leaders don’t practice what they preach, you can almost see the staff’s loss of enthusiasm and goodwill.

Team of Teams, Page 077

…a robust protection against a known threat is not always sufficient; in complex systems, threats can flow from many places.

Stumbling on Happiness, Page 077

…we can’t always get what we want, but at least we feel sure that we know what to want in the first place.

Amp It Up, Page 077

Accountability is uncomfortable because we all live with the anxiety of being good enough and the anxiety of telling others they aren’t good enough.

Tiny Habits, Page 77

Make the behavior so tiny that you don’t need much motivation.

Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It, Page 077

Trying to create technical change for what is a social problem is usually a disaster.