Quotes

Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It, Page 130

In any organization there is always wasted effort. There is always busy work.

Profit First, Page 130

The ultimate in innovation is to extract more benefit from less-expensive resources.

ReWork, Page 130

…small decisions mean you can afford to change. There’s no big penalty if you mess up. You just fix it.

Range, Page 130

If we treated careers more like dating, nobody would settle down so quickly.

Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It, Page 131

…people take ownership of the work they do because they have the power to decide what is best for them.

High Performance Habits, Page 131

…you cannot become extraordinary without a sense that it’s absolutely necessary to excel.

Leaders Eat Last, Page 131

Our (or indeed a company’s) sense of right or wrong, despite the letter of the law, matters on a social level. This is the very foundation of civil society.

Decisive, Page 131

The best ideas, it’s believed, come from… close-up sensory investigation of the situation; how can you improve something you don’t fully understand?

The No Asshole Rule, Page 131

Learning when and how to simply not give a damn isn’t the kind of advice you hear in most business books, but it can help you make the best of a lousy situation.

Radical Candor, Page 131

…the authority that comes with the [boss] role is, in fact, likely to bring out some of your worst instincts – so it may not just be a matter of unfair perception!