Quotes

The Progress Paradox, Page 084

The fundamental reason so many Western citizens don’t seem pleased with their lot, or even to believe their lives are mainly favored, is the discontinuity between prosperity and happiness.

Getting to Yes, Page 84

The more you bring standards of fairness, efficiency, or scientific merit to bear… the more likely you are to produce a final package that is wise and fair.

A Game Plan for Life, Page 084

Nothing ruins a team more quickly than apathy.

Why We Buy, Page 084

Unfortunately, the managers of most companies fail to understand the importance of well-designed packaging.

Talent is Overrated, Page 84

Many years of intensive deliberate practice actually change the body and the brain. There’s a good reason why we see the world’s great performers as being fundamentally different from us…

The Start-up of You, Page 084

…you want to always be investing in your professional network to grow the start-up that is your career.

The Infinite Game, Page 085

Where there is unbalance, there is unrest.

Atomic Habits, Page 85

When the cues that spark a habit are subtle or hidden, they are easy to ignore.

The Progress Paradox, Page 085

…often as not, problems exist in a chain of cause and effect: For each problem solved, a new one crops up.

Talent is Overrated, Page 85

…[great performers] didn’t start out that way, and the transformation didn’t happen by itself.