Steve Schwartz

“It should come as no surprise that the real value and benefit of accountability stems from a person’s or an organization’s ability to influence events and outcomes before they happen.”
― Roger Connors, The Oz Principle: Getting Results Through Individual and Organizational Accountability

“There’s no skill in birth and death. At the beginning and at the end, luck reigns unchallenged. Here’s the truth: most of the world is noise, and we spend most of our lives trying to make sense of it. We are, in the end, nothing more than interpreters of static.”
― Maria Konnikova, The Biggest Bluff: How I Learned to Pay Attention, Master Myself, and Win

“The message: Sometimes you must be willing to burn all your other ships and grasp the helm of the one under your command. Doing so can stimulate the conviction and create the ownership necessary to get started on a new program of action that will help you rise above your circumstances.”
― Roger Connors, The Oz Principle: Getting Results Through Individual and Organizational Accountability

“Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous mind.”
― James Geary, Geary's Guide to the World's Great Aphorists