Quotes

Start With No, Page 88

Mission and purpose can be the most powerful single card you hold in your hand.

Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It, Page 088

…even if you get rid of the old attitudes about work, you need a new set of attitudes to take their place. You need a new culture.

Overwhelmed, Page 88

The single largest cause of burnout is lack of personal control on the job – expected to be the ideal worker with no life and free to satisfy the boss’s every whim.

Go Put Your Strengths to Work, Page 088

…if your strengths are those activities that make you feel strong, then the person best qualified to identify them… is you.

Predictably Irrational, Page 088

…remember that social norms can play a far greater role in society than we have been giving them credit for.

Think Again, Page 88

It’s common for people who lack power or status to shift into politician mode, suppressing their dissenting views in favor of conforming to the HIPPO – the Highest Paid Person’s Opinion.

Never Split the Difference, Page 88

…if your biggest fear is ‘No,’ you can’t negotiate. You’re the hostage of ‘Yes.’ You’re handcuffed. You’re done.

From Paycheck to Purpose, Page 88

What ‘transactors’ don’t realize is that they can only make so many transactions before the well runs dry.

Radical Candor, Page 088

If you can build a culture where people listen to one another, they will start to fix things you as the boss never even knew were broken.

Influencer, Page 088

People are capable of making enormous sacrifices when they have the agency to act on their own.