Quotes

CrazyBusy, Page 116

Instead of thoughtful lives they savor, people are in danger of living superficial, sound-bite lives they barely notice, let alone savor.

On Becoming a Leader, Page 116

Leadership without perspective and point of view isn’t leadership – and of course it must be your own perspective, your own point of view. You cannot borrow… someone else’s.

Little Bets, Page 116

…fostering a questioning mind is also fostering one that is predisposed to a growth perspective.

Think Again, Page 116

In a heated argument, you can always stop and ask, ‘What evidence would change your mind?’ If the answer is ‘nothing,’ then there’s no point in continuing the debate. You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it think.

Leaders Eat Last, Page 116

As soon as people are put second on the priority list, differentiation gives way to commoditization.

Only the Paranoid Survive, Page 116

…inaction might lead to a bad result for your business and that should frighten you more than anything else.

How, Page 116

…if someone is called upon to learn something that contradicts what they already think they know – particularly if they are committed to that prior knowledge – they are likely to resist the new learning.

Heart, Smarts, Guts, and Luck, Page 116

There is a Luck-placebo effect when people believe they are receiving or are more predisposed to good fortune.

Drive, Page 116

As the data on worker disengagement… reveal, the costs – in both human satisfaction and organizational health – are high when a workplace is a no-flow zone.

Give and Take, Page 116

In escalation situations, takers often struggle to face the reality that an initial chose has gone bad.