“If you press people to identify the motives behind their self-interest it usually boils down to four items: money, power, status, and popularity.”
― What Got You Here, Won't Get You There
― What Got You Here, Won't Get You There
“There are only two ways to influence human behavior: you can manipulate it or you can inspire it.”
― Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action
― Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action
“Overcommitment can be as serious an obstacle to change as believing that you don’t need fixing or that your flaws are part of the reason you’re successful.”
― What Got You Here, Won't Get You There
― What Got You Here, Won't Get You There
“Great leaders are those who trust their gut. They are those who understand the art before the science. They win hearts before minds. They are the ones who start with WHY.”
― Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action
― Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action
“Four guys are standing on a street corner… an American, a Russian, a Chinese man, and an Israeli…. A reporter comes up to the group and says to them: “Excuse me…. What’s your opinion on the meat shortage?” The American says: What’s a shortage? The Russian says: What’s meat? The Chinese man says: What’s an opinion? The Israeli says: What’s “Excuse me”? —MIKE LEIGH, Two Thousand Years”
― Start-up Nation: The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle
― Start-up Nation: The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle
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