Quotes

Management, Page 124

Strategic planning is not the application of scientific methods to business decision. It is the application of thought, analysis, imagination, and judgment. Its is responsibility, rather than technique.

Hooked, Page 124

…the most successful consumer technologies – those that have altered the daily behaviors of hundreds of millions of people – are the ones that nobody makes us use.

CrazyBusy, Page 124

Doing a job quickly is sometimes essential… But most of the time, the tortoise beats the hare. Slow but sure is underrated. Fast is overrated.

Talent is Overrated, Page 124

No matter how many steps on the road to great performance you choose to take, you will be better off than if you hadn’t taken them.

Emotional Intelligence 2.0, Page 124

…you always have a choice – a choice how you respond to what’s before you.

The 5 Levels of Leadership, Page 124

Risk always changes relationships. If you risk and win, then your people gain confidence.

The Power of Habit, Page 124

Cultures grow out of the keystone habits in every organization, whether leaders are aware of them or not.

Influencer, Page 124

Many of the profound and persistent problems we face stem more from a lack of skill… than from a genetic curse, a lack of courage, or a character flaw.

Traction, Page 124

Right people in the right seats love clarity. Knowing the numbers they need to hit, they enjoy being part of a culture where all are held accountable.

The Peter Principle, Page 124

The achievement of an effective Substitution will usually… allow the employee to work out the rest of his career, healthy and self-satisfied, at his level of incompetence.