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“Aim for Candor; Avoid Brutal Honesty: Giving honest feedback is tricky, because it can easily result in people feeling hurt or demoralized. One useful distinction, made most clearly at Pixar, is to aim for candor and avoid brutal honesty. By aiming for candor—feedback that is smaller, more targeted, less personal, less judgmental, and equally impactful—it’s easier to maintain a sense of safety and belonging in the group.”
― Daniel Coyle, The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups

“as the public realized that an excess of paper currency creates no real wealth, only inflation.”
― Burton G. Malkiel, A Random Walk Down Wall Street: The Time-Tested Strategy for Successful Investing

“One of the things I say most often is probably the simplest thing I say,” says Givechi. “ ‘Say more about that.’ ”
― Daniel Coyle, The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups

“One of the best measures of any group’s culture is its learning velocity—how quickly it improves its performance of a new skill.”
― Daniel Coyle, The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups