“Weigh second- and third-order consequences.”
― Principles: Life and Work
― Principles: Life and Work
“Look for people who have lots of great questions. Smart people are the ones who ask the most thoughtful questions, as opposed to thinking they have all the answers. Great questions are a much better indicator of future success than great answers.”
― Principles: Life and Work
― Principles: Life and Work
“To be effective you must not let your need to be right be more important than your need to find out what’s true. If you are too proud of what you know or of how good you are at something you will learn less, make inferior decisions, and fall short of your potential.”
― Principles: Life and Work
― Principles: Life and Work
“Never say anything about someone that you wouldn’t say to them directly and don’t try people without accusing them to their faces.”
― Principles: Life and Work
― Principles: Life and Work
“in most companies people are doing two jobs: their actual job and the job of managing others’ impressions of how they’re doing their job.”
― Principles: Life and Work
― Principles: Life and Work
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