Quotes

Think Like a Champion, Page 117

Learn to develop your own tempo and stick to it. See it as an inner metronome that keeps consistent time no matter what’s going on around you.

Brain Rules, Page 117

…a person who is interrupted takes 50 percent longer to accomplish a task and makes up to 50 percent more errors.

Only the Paranoid Survive, Page 117

…you have to know when to hold your data and when to fold ’em. You have to know when to argue with data. Yet you have to be able to argue with the data…

Amp It Up, Page 117

Goals are powerful: they change behavior.

Heart, Smarts, Guts, and Luck, Page 117

What we often brush away as Luck is, in fact, a mind-set of openness, readiness, and optimism.

Drive, Page 117

…a number of companies… have realized that creating flow-friendly environments that help people move toward mastery can increase productivity and satisfaction at work.

CrazyBusy, Page 117

If we’re not careful, the acts of feeling and thinking deeply will increasingly become an activity of the few.

Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It, Page 117

The work going on in your brain can happen no matter where you brain is. When individuals and organizations embrace this idea, it frees people up to do their best work.

Leaders Eat Last, Page 117

If we do not find ways to correct the imbalance ourselves, the laws of nature will always balance it for us.

Good Boss, Bad Boss, Page 117

Confirmation bias can cause bosses to make excessively glowing judgments about people they have invested a lot of time and money in or who they simply find to be likeable or admirable.