Quotes

HBR Leader’s Handbook, Page 92

As a leader, your words carry extra weight, and if you are overly negative, you can crush a person’s spirit and self-confidence.

Start With No, Page 92

Goals you can control, objectives you cannot. By following your behavioral goals, you get to your objectives.

Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It, Page 092

Tim isn’t going to give up its power over you without a fight.

The Hard Thing About Hard Things, Page 092

Spend zero time on what you could have done, and devote all of your time on what you might do. Because in the end, nobody cares; just run your company.

Influencer, Page 092

…the gold standard for tactics for engaging personal motivation is direct experience. Let people feel, see, and touch things for themselves.

Think Again, Page 92

When we argue about why, we run the risk of becoming emotionally attached to our positions and dismissive of the other side’s. We’re more likely to have a good fight if we argue about how.

Average is Over, Page 92

…society is busy actively training up the population in an ongoing fashion. And more formal education is unlikely to be of much benefit.

HBR Leader’s Handbook, Page 92

As Vito Corleone said in The Godfather, ‘It’s not personal, it’s business.’

Thanks for the Feedback, Page 92

Ask yourself, Where have I heard this before? Is this the first time you’ve gotten such feedback, or have you heard similar things from other people… Patterns offer useful clues about blind spots.

Management, Page 092

Without systematic and purposeful abandonment, an organization will be overtaken by events. It will squander its best resources on things it should enver have been doing or should no longer do.