Quotes

Talent is Overrated, Page 129

Executives consistently report that their hardest experiences, the stretches that most challenged them, were the most helpful.

Distracted, Page 129

Watching and tracking and monitoring provides comforting evidence – the snapshot, the print-out, the fix on a map – of ‘presence’ in a virtual, mobile, split-focus world.

High Performance Habits, Page 129

When you feel necessity, you don’t sit around wishing or hoping. You get things done.

Courage is Calling, Page 129

No one is more miserable than the person who has made cop-outs and cowardice their go-to decision.

Tribes, Page 129

Remarkable visions and genuine insight are always met with resistance. And when you start to make progress, your efforts are met with even more resistance.

Distracted, Page 129

…surveillance can’t cohabitate with trust, the slow-to-bud, immeasurable essence of close relations that thrives only outside the panoptic gaze.

Thanks for the Feedback, Page 129

Instead of focusing on what the other person is doing wrong, notice what you are each doing in reaction to the other. As you do, you’ll begin to spot the larger patterns.

Getting Things Done, Page 129

Because digital storage, without much forethought, has become almost automatic, it is very possible to create an environment of constant input but no utilization.

Profit First, Page 130

Momentum rarely occurs after a crazy effort. Momentum builds slowly but relentlessly.

On Becoming a Leader, Page 130

Unless you are willing to take risks, you will suffer paralyzing inhibitions, and you will never do what you are capable of doing.