Quotes

Hidden Potential, Page 146

It’s easier to overcome obstacles when we’re carrying a torch for people who matter to us. When others are counting on us, we find strength we didn’t know we had.

Average is Over, Page 146

Sometimes the skills of computers will be used for outright cheating, and we can expect this problem to increase as the computers get better.

No Hard Feelings, Page 146

…men tend to dominate conversations by talking over others (especially their female colleagues) and are faster to deem themselves experts.

Winners Never Cheat, Page 146

It would do us each well to think about what might be said at our eulogies.

Distracted, Page 146

If there isn’t at least the possibility for choice, even for a potential betrayal, there can be no trust. To trust is to be vulnerable… – Trudy Govier

Never Eat Alone, Page 146

We’re an open-source society, and that calls for open-source behavior. And as a rule, not many secrets are worth the energy required to keep them secret.

Working Identity, Page 146

In almost every story of career change come to fruition, there is a palpable moment when things click into place…

Tribes, Page 146

The very nature of leadership is that you’re not doing what’s been done before. If you were, you’d be following, not leading.

Fierce Conversations, Page 147

When we soften and protect, the message is lost and it’s unlikely anything will change.

Give and Take, Page 147

By speaking with greater speed, volume, assertiveness, and certainty, takers convince us that they know what they’re talking about.