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Start With No, Page 104

Asking questions is a science and an art. The science is in how you intellectually construct a question. The art is found in how you ask it: your tone of voice, your creative choice of words, your behavior and remarks before asking your question.


Atomic Habits, Page 104

The more attractive an opportunity is, the more likely it is to become habit-forming.


Fail Fast, Fail Often, Page 104

When you pay more attention to your surroundings, the world begins to be filled with fascinating details you’ve never noticed before.


Getting to Yes, Page 104

…the relative negotiating power of two parties depends primarily upon how attractive to each is the option of not reaching agreement.


Good to Great, Page 104

…a company does not need to be in a great industry to become a great company.


Focus, Page 104

Empathy depends on a muscle of attention: to tune in to others’ feelings requires we pick up the facial, vocal, and other signals of their emotion.


Atomic Habits, Page 104

Compared to nature… pleasure-packed experiences are hard to resist. We have the brains of our ancestors but temptations they never had to face.


The Rare Find, Page 104

The best auditions… reveal profound strengths – and flaws – that might not be obvious otherwise.


Dare to Forgive, Page 104

There is a primitive part of most of us, especially men – that rises up out of the depths when crossed, challenged, or demeaned.


Focus, Page 104

Empathy entails an act of self-awareness: we read other people by tuning in to ourselves.