Quotes

Accelerate, Page 121

Complacent people will rarely listen unless information comes at them multiple times, and with some emotional pull. They will not listen unless the situation is put into a context that seems relevant to them.

No Hard Feelings, Page 121

…one of the most disrespectful things you can do is to make someone else feel invisible – and validation helps people feel visible.

Distracted, Page 121

We’ve moved from a premodern world of competing and conflicting sights, odors, sounds, and tactile experience to an era of separate sensory experiences dominated by our most intellectual and distanced sense: vision…

The Infinite Game, Page 121

We must model the behavior we want to see, actively incentivize the kinds of behaviors that build trust and give e people responsible freedom and the support they need to flourish in their jobs.

Lean Thinking, Page 121

…the result by which any business in a market economy must be measured is the ability to make enough profit to renew itself.

Talent is Overrated, Page 121

If you set a goal of becoming an expert on your business, you would immediately start doing all kinds of things you don’t do now.

Think Like a Champion, Page 121

If you see every day as an important day for your future and a special day just because you have it, you will be amazed at how productive and energetic you will be.

The Start-up of You, Page 121

Whatever your priorities, nurture the network you’re building. Your professional life depends on your being smart and generous with the people you care about.

Rapt, Page 121

…99 percent of the stuff of life – relationships, work, home, recreation – is the same no matter where you are, and once you settle in a place, no matter how salubrious, you don’t think about its climate very much.

Tribes, Page 121

The tactics of leadership are easy. The art is the difficult part.