Quotes

How to Be Happy at Work, Page 78

Doing meaningful work is rewarding in itself, and we are willing to do more work for less pay when we feel our work has some sort of purpose, no matter how small.

Heart, Smarts, Guts, and Luck, Page 078

Inaction almost always leads to failure, while making a decision promises at the very least the possibility of a positive outcome.

Start With No, Page 78

Another problem with concentrating on money and power as a mission and purpose is that you’re scorekeeping, and scorekeeping means you’re thinking about results over which you have no real control.

Leaders Eat Last, Page 79

In our capitalist society, conspicuous displays of wealth may indicate to others that we are doing well.

The Speed of Trust, Page 79

…caring actually leads to better performance.

Rapt, Page 079

…attention’s ability to change your brain and transform your experience isn’t limited to childhood but prevails throughout life.

Start With No, Page 79

Setting the mission and purpose in the constituents’ or the customer’s or the adversary’s world allows all of them to see clearly the features and benefits that you and your product or service have to offer them.

Sooner Safer Happier, Page 079

A willingness to fail fast and often results in learning sooner. There is no such thing as a failed experiment. There is learning.

Heart, Smarts, Guts, and Luck, Page 079

The world is overweighted with idea generators and underweighted with people actually willing to execute their ideas.

What Got You Here Won’t Get You There, Page 79

The next time you hear yourself saying, ‘I’m just no good at…,’ ask yourself, ‘Why not?’