Quotes

Quit, Page 89

…the sunk cost effect… [is] a systematic cognitive error in which people take into account money, time, effort, or any other resources they have previously sunk into an endeavor when making decisions about whether to continue and spend more.

The Badass Business Analyst, Page 089

Stay committed to the improvement of you.

The Lean Startup, Page 89

The goal of… early contact with customers is not to gain definitive answers. Instead, it is to clarify at a basic, coarse level that we understand our potential customer and what problems they have.

Measure What Matters, Page 89

The cure [to dependencies] is lateral, cross-functional connectivity, peer-to-peer and team-to-team.

Good Boss, Bad Boss, Page 89

…just because people can perform a job well doesn’t mean they ought to help manage it.

Quit, Page 89

In decisions about whether to move forward, they do take into account what they’ve already spent. They do this because they irrationally think that the only way to recover or justify the costs is if they continue on.

The Way We’re Working Isn’t Working, Page 089

…we cannot expect growth or improvement in any dimension of our lives without intentionally and regularly challenging our current capacity.

Range, Page 089

For a given amount of material, learning is most efficient in the long run when it is really inefficient in the short run.

Good Work, Page 089

The power of a religious belief is not easily rivaled, but the mission of a domain – the sense of calling for a profession – can play an analogous role.

The Art of Possibility, Page 089

When one person peels away layers of opinion, entitlement, pride, and inflated self-description, others instantly feel the connection.