Quotes

Fail Fast, Fail Often, Page 126

If you want to be a doer – then it is essential that you not deplete your confidence and energy by overthinking your opportunities.

Ogilvy on Advertising in the Digital Age, Page 126

A measurement culture is obsessed by process; while an effectiveness culture is obsessed by results.

The Way We’re Working Isn’t Working, Page 126

Our bodies… don’t make the distinction between a real threat to our survival and our more everyday fears.

Getting Things Done, Page 126

…most things you deal with are not to be acted upon the first time you become aware of them.

The Way We’re Working Isn’t Working, Page 126

The problem is that when our survival isn’t literally at stake, the benefits of fight-or-flight are often far outweighed by the costs.

Quiet Leadership, Page 126

…the answer to people’s dilemmas is almost never related directly to what is first put forward as the central problem.

Inspired, Page 126

Leadership inspires and sets the direction, and management helps get us there.

Think Again, Page 126

In every human society, people are motivated to seek belonging and status. Identifying with a group checks both boxes at the same time: we become part of a tribe, and we take pride when our tribe winds.

Bullshit Jobs, Page 126

…the higher you climb in the hierarchy, the more oblivious the managers are likely to be – but at the same time, the more formal authority they tend to have.

Radical Candor, Page 126

When somebody is frustrated or angry or upset enough about a situation at work that they react emotionally, this is your cue to keep asking questions unit you understand what the real issue is.