“What separates people, Stockdale taught me, is not the presence or absence of difficulty, but how they deal with the inevitable difficulties of life.”
― Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...and Others Don't
― Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...and Others Don't
“If you ran into an asshole in the morning you ran into an asshole. If you run into assholes all day, you're the asshole.”
― Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers
― Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers
“The moment you feel the need to tightly manage someone, you’ve made a hiring mistake.”
― Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...and Others Don't
― Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...and Others Don't
“....you couldn’t allow yourself to be in a bad mood or show despondency. You had to take the little spoon of your personality and dig deep in the cold ground until you reached water that you could serve to someone else despite your own thirst.”
― The Coincidence Makers
― The Coincidence Makers
“I'm not saying ability doesn't matter. It certainly helps. But there's something powerful about realizing that you've undersold yourself-that somehow your mind confused lack of effort for inability.”
― Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
― Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
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