Quotes

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Something Really New, Page 079

The highest net utility is the sweet spot… that set of steps that best combines the greatest reduction of work for the user with the lowest pain to adopt.


Lean Thinking, Page 079

The ability to get parts resupplied very quickly from the next level of the system… is always the secret to reducing total inventories in a complex production and supply stream.


Outliers, Page 79

In general, the higher your [IQ] score, the more education you’ll get, the more money you’re likely to make – believe it or not – the longer you’ll live.


Mistakes Were Made (but not by me), Page 079

Because we are not irrational or mean-spirited, any negative feelings we have about another group are justified; our dislikes are rational and well founded. It’s the other groups’ negative feelings we need to suppress.


Measure What Matters, Page 79

According to the Harvard Business Review, companies with highly aligned employees are more than twice as likely to be top performers.


Drive, Page 79

The most successful people, the evidence shows, often aren’t directly pursuing conventional notions of success. They’re working hard and persisting through difficulties because of their internal desire to control their lives…


Never Eat Alone, Page 79

You have to envision yourself winning to win.


Ogilvy on Advertising in the Digital Age, Page 079

Stimuli that provoke high arousal also trigger a high reminiscence effect: we remember them more.


Off Balance, Page 79

A highly functioning personal life is a tremendous asset to an employee’s company.


Measure What Matters, Page 79

A lack of alignment, according to a poll of global CEOs, is the number-one obstacle between strategy and execution.