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have you ever tried to devise a mutually beneficial win-win solution with a guy who thinks he’s the messiah?
“I’m continually amazed at how even extremely high performers’ lives are often still controlled in some way by their family-of-origin or in-law relationships. I wish we had some cosmic algorithm that actually revealed how much lost performance comes from people having to continually negotiate the intrusion of family-of-origin conditioning and interference into their businesses, careers, marriages, parenting styles, life choices, and the like. It literally becomes crippling to even some of the most talented people out there. In these situations, even if the adult umbilical cord is providing food, it’s charging exorbitant rent.”
― The Power of the Other: The startling effect other people have on you, from the boardroom to the bedroom and beyond-and what to do about it
― The Power of the Other: The startling effect other people have on you, from the boardroom to the bedroom and beyond-and what to do about it
“People who are committed to mastery don’t freak out (as much) when they hit an obstacle. They reassess and then get going again, thinking they can get better.”
― The Power of the Other: The startling effect other people have on you, from the boardroom to the bedroom and beyond-and what to do about it
― The Power of the Other: The startling effect other people have on you, from the boardroom to the bedroom and beyond-and what to do about it
“make it a practice to separate the person from the problem.”
― Alpha Project Managers: What the Top 2% Know That Everyone Else Does Not: What the Top 2 Per Cent Know That Everyone Else Does Not
― Alpha Project Managers: What the Top 2% Know That Everyone Else Does Not: What the Top 2 Per Cent Know That Everyone Else Does Not
“Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.” Scott Adams”
― Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World
― Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World
“When our responses turn into reactions and we set out to teach people a lesson, we lose. We lose because the act of teaching someone a lesson rarely succeeds at changing them, and always fails at making our day better, or our work more useful.”
― Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?
― Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?
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