Quotes

To Sell is Human, Page 127

Clarity – the capacity to help others see their situations in fresh and more revealing ways and to identify problems they didn’t realize they had.

Team of Teams, Page 127

As the proverbial kitchen fills up, communication and trust break down, egos come into conflict, and the chemistry that fueled innovation and agility becomes destructive. In many cases, this loss of adaptability dooms the enterprise.

Feel the Fear… and Do It Anyway, Page 127

…when parents depend on children for their own emotional survival, it is clearly detrimental.

Zero to One, Page 127

…customers will not come just because you built it. You have to make that happen, and it’s harder than it looks.

Team of Teams, Page 127

…the magic of teams is a double-edged sword once organizations get big: some of the same traits that make an adaptable team great can make it incompatible with the structure it serves.

ReWork, Page 127

Long lists are guilt trips. The longer the list of unfinished items, the worse you feel about it. At a certain point, you just stop looking at it because it makes you feel bad.

Quit, Page 127

…when you set out clear kill criteria in advance and make a precommitment to walk away when you see those signals, you are just more likely to follow through, even when you are losing.

Zero to One, Page 127

…advertising matters because it works. It works on nerds, and it works on you.

Why Managers Matter, Page 127

…with fewer middle managers to serve as buffers between bosses and employees, bosses become more powerful.

Team of Teams, Page 127

…the rigidity that sets in with scale is one of the main causes of start-up failure. – Joel Peterson