Quotes

Leaders Eat Last, Page 143

…150 people. That magical number is the number of close relationships we are naturally designed to manage. Any more than that starts to cause a breakdown…

Courage is Calling, Page 143

You make the move, you own it. You say it, you stand behind it. You order it, you accept the blame. This is the source from which self-respect springs and leaders are made.

Ogilvy on Advertising in the Digital Age, Page 143

A good website doesn’t draw attention to itself but rather serves as a hub, delivering the user to all of the components of your brand’s digital ecosystem.

Quit, Page 143

The endowment effect has obvious applications to quitting behavior. Selling something you own is the equivalent of quitting; you are quitting your ownership.

Only the Paranoid Survive, Page 143

…transformation is so hard [because] all parts of the company were shaped by what you had been in the past.

Start With No, Page 143

When things seem to be going your way in a negotiation, it’s easy to get excited and tempting to let your emotions take over. When you feel this happening, call a time-out…

The Effective Manager, Page 143

Tell your directs that negative feedback isn’t about punishment; it’s about doing things better. It is about the future.

The Way We’re Working Isn’t Working, Page 143

Whether inflated self-regard is a thin cover for inadequacy or an inflated and unwarranted confidence, it’s at least as dysfunctional as insecurity.

The Art of Profitability, Page 143

Puzzles solved have far more penetration and staying power than chores completed.

Range, Page 143

…quitting takes a lot more guts than continuing to be carried along like debris on an ocean wave.