Book Titles

The Way We’re Working Isn’t Working
The Four Forgotten Needs That Energize Great Performance

By Tony Schwartz

Year Published: 2010
ISBN-13: 978-1439127667
Categories: Energy, Needs, Performance

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If you want those in your charge to be effective at delaying gratification and focusing their attention effectively, it goes a long way to make them feel aared for and secure.

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…the concern about missing something important almost invariably proves to be unfounded.

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It takes time to become mentally absorbed, especially in challenging work.

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The capacity to stay fully present – to do one thing at a time – is a challenge contemplative traditions have been grappling with for thousands of years.

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We rarely get our best ideas when we’re actively trying to get them, using our logic and our will. More common, they come to us when we’re not consciously seeking them.

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The best ideas occur to us, paradoxically, when we let go of conscious control…

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..intentionally setting aside time to quiet the mind and activate the right hemisphere… is a powerful way to induce creative breakthroughs.

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Numerous studies show that the most inspiring leaders are consistently those who tune in to what others are feeling and listen to them with genuine interest and respect.

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First Insight > Saturation > Incubation > Illumination > Verification

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Information…represents the raw material from which original thinking emerges – and the more knowledge one has, the better the base.

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