Lynne Willett

“You have to be careful about what rents space in your head.”
― Scott Eblin, Overworked and Overwhelmed: The Mindfulness Alternative

“When we're confronted by reality that's less than our expectations, we go into a downward spiral of disappointment and frustration that can leave us even more stuck.”
― Joshua Freedman, Inside Change: Transforming Your Organization with Emotional Intelligence

“We learn more from people who challenge our thought process than those who affirm our conclusions. Strong leaders engage their critics and make themselves stronger. Weak leaders silence their critics and make themselves weaker. This reaction isn’t limited to people in power. Although we might be on board with the principle, in practice we often miss out on the value of a challenge network. In one experiment, when people were criticized rather than praised by a partner, they were over four times more likely to request a new partner. Across a range of workplaces, when employees received tough feedback from colleagues, their default response was to avoid those coworkers or drop them from their networks altogether—and their performance suffered over the following year.”
― Adam M. Grant, Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know

“We’ve all been surprised by the realization that our first impression of a person turned out to be wrong. We misread the clues gathered through our initial observation, and only as a result of continued exposure to that person can we gather more data and realize that this was a book that could not be judged by its cover. Time is an empowerer of people reading; if you have it, take care not to cast your initial impressions in stone. Once”
― Harrison Monarth, Executive Presence: The Art of Commanding Respect Like a CEO