Quotes

CrazyBusy, Page 130

If we are too busy, too overwhelmed, too goal directed and data driven, we will not notice the new ideas that roll into consciousness, and they will disappear.

The Advantage, Page 130

…the purpose of having a thematic goal is not to restrict the organization’s flexibility but rather to rally its leaders around what they decide they want to achieve.

Sooner Safer Happier, Page 130

A commonly observed antipattern is people in senior roles not exhibiting the behaviors that they are asking or expecting from people within their remit.

Rapt, Page 130

In an age of constant assaults on your attention, sanity requires that you tune out many of them, beginning with those from your own communications devices.

So Good They Can’t Ignore You, Page 130

When no one cares what you do with your working life, you probably don’t have enough career capital to do anything interesting.

Measure What Matters, Page 130

When a goal is too aspirational, it’s bad for credibility.

Denial, Page 130

The past may be an imperfect guide to the future, but it is all we have.

A World Without Email, Page 130

The better you are at what you do… the more freedom you earn to be idiosyncratic in how you deliver – no explanation required.

Hooked, Page 130

…products utilizing infinite variability stand a better chance of hold on to users’ attention, while those with finite variability must constantly reinvent themselves just to keep pace.

CrazyBusy, Page 130

To come up with the best ideas, people need time not only to stop and think, but also to fiddle around, to play with what they’ve got…