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“it made our workforce smarter. When you give low-level employees access to information that is generally reserved for high-level executives, they get more done on their own. They work faster without stopping to ask for information and approval. They make better decisions without needing input from the top.”
― No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention
― No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention
“Managing your own time and respecting others’ time is one of the most vital things to do as a manager,”
― The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company
― The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company
“In any economic or political crisis, one thing is certain. Many learned experts will prescribe many different remedies”
― The Peter Principle: Why Things Always Go Wrong
― The Peter Principle: Why Things Always Go Wrong
“Quando viesse a apoderar-se legalmente daquela cinta,
daqueles peitos, daqueles olhos, daquela Ameliazinha — ele, pároco, lá estava
para dizer alto: Para trás, seu canalha! isto aqui é de Deus!”
― O Crime do Padre Amaro
daqueles peitos, daqueles olhos, daquela Ameliazinha — ele, pároco, lá estava
para dizer alto: Para trás, seu canalha! isto aqui é de Deus!”
― O Crime do Padre Amaro
“Feelings are the mental expressions of homeostasis, while homeostasis, acting under the cover of feeling, is the functional thread that links early life-forms to the extraordinary partnership of bodies and nervous systems. That partnership is responsible for the emergence of conscious, feeling minds that are, in turn, responsible for what is most distinctive about humanity: cultures and civilizations. Feelings are at the center of the book, but they draw their powers from homeostasis.”
― The Strange Order of Things: Life, Feeling, and the Making of the Cultural Mind
― The Strange Order of Things: Life, Feeling, and the Making of the Cultural Mind
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