Quotes

Winners Never Cheat, Page 113

If an executive has a background of cutting corners or of dishonesty, the organization and everyone inside it eventually will pay a price.

Fail Fast, Fail Often, Page 113

When you realize that the most important learning can happen anywhere and at any time, it encourages you to value whatever you are doing and to always be open to unexpected discoveries.

Fail Fast, Fail Often, Page 114

If you want to be successful, you should always be on the lookout for opportunities to learn and grow.

Feel the Fear… and Do It Anyway, Page 114

…make whatever place you’re in your educational forum and learn everything you can about yourself and the world around you. So – lighten up!

Only the Paranoid Survive, Page 114

…if your instincts suggest that a ’10X’ improvement could make [a] capability exciting or threatening, you may very well be looking at the beginning of what is going to be a strategic inflection point.

Willpower, Page 114

Changing personal behavior to meet standards requires willpower, but willpower without self-awareness is as useless as a cannon commanded by a blind man.

Start With No, Page 114

There seems to be a human impulse to help people answer our questions. We start off with a good interrogative-led question but then answer it for the adversary, or at least throw out possible answers.

Only the Paranoid Survive, Page 114

…you must discipline yourself to think things through and separate the quality of the early versions from the longer-term potential and significance of a new product or technology.

A World Without Email, Page 114

The key is to find ways to minimize context shifts and overload while still getting done what needs to get done.

Grit, Page 114

So, interest – the desire to learn new things, to explore the world, to seek novelty, to be on the lookout for change and variety – it’s a basic drive. – Paul Silvia