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Distracted, Page 120

Detachment is the cost of our wondrous, liberating mobility, the price we pay for living untethered.


Courage is Calling, Page 120

They’re going to call you crazy – because courage is crazy. We have to be willing to look that way, to be true to who we are anyway. We can’t just not be afraid to be ourselves. We have to insist on it.


HBR Guide to Persuasive Presentations, Page 120

Sometimes showing is more powerful than telling.


Zero to One, Page 120

If you can’t count durable relationships among the fruits of your time at work, you haven’t invested your time well – even in purely financial terms.


Brain Rules, Page 120

The brain is a sequential processor, unable to pay attention to two things at the same time.


Lost and Founder, Page 120

…don’t go in blinded by the money. Most of the time, startups are a comparatively poorly rewarded labor of passion.


Absolute Value, Page 120

The existence of stable preferences sounds pretty obvious, but for the past few decades, researchers in the area of behavioral decision theory have raised serious doubts about the existence of any such stable preferences.


Distracted, Page 120

The tempo of travel blurs the landscape, and our vehicles increasingly enfold us in a bubble of remove.


Never Split the Difference, Page 120

…hiding your deadlines dramatically increases the risk of an impasse.


Heart, Smarts, Guts, and Luck, Page 120

Have the humility to show interest in more people – and watch as more Circumstantial Luck comes your way.