Quotes

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.

Range, Page 143

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

Leaders Eat Last, Page 143

…when groups get bigger than about 150, the people are less likely to work hard and less likely to help each other out.

The Art of Profitability, Page 143

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

Blink, Page 143

Snap judgments can be made in a snap because they are frugal, and if we want to protect our snap judgments, we have to take steps to protect that frugality.

Ogilvy on Advertising in the Digital Age, Page 143

The sum of a brand’s digital parts, including its website, should be greater than the whole.