Quotes

Think Like a Champion, Page 095

Let’s admit it – life is full of mystery. That includes your life, which is no tiny matter. So don’t sell yourself short on something that important. Today is just the beginning.

Feel the Fear… and Do It Anyway, Page 95

…one of the reasons we react so hostilely when others don’t support us is our need for approval.

It’s the Manager, Page 95

To make general performance measures relevant to each employee, managers should individualize expectations and development.

Quit, Page 95

Because we put time or effort or money into anything we have started, the sunk cost fallacy affects all of our decisions about whether to stop.

How the Mighty Fall, Page 095

…research into what it takes to prevail in a turbulent environment… shows a distinct negative correlation between building great companies and going outside for a CEO.

Pour Your Heart Into It, Page 095

…underpromise and overdeliver. In the long run, that’s the only way to ensure security in any job.

Flawless Consulting, Page 95

…it is in your and the client’s best interests to refuse projects that do not have a reasonable chance for success.

When, Page 95

…’new mental accounts’… offer a chance to start again by relegating our old selves to the past. It disconnects us from the past self’s mistakes and imperfections, and leaves us confident about our new, superious selves.

Only the Paranoid Survive, Page 095

…the word ‘point’ in strategic inflection point is something of a misnomer. It’s not a point; it’s a long, torturous struggle.

It Doesn’t Have to Be Crazy at Work, Page 095

Very few problems need to be solved at the twelfth or fifteenth hour of a workday… Nearly everything can wait until morning.