9. “ I’ve been a surgeon for eight years. For the past
couple of them, my performance in the operating
room has reached a plateau. I’d like to think it’s a
good thing -- I’ve arrived at my professional peak.
But mainly it seems as if I’ve just stopped getting
better.
”
Atul Gwande
“Coaching a Surgeon: What Makes Top Performers Better”
10. “ Have you ever really had a teacher? One who saw
you as a precious thing, a jewel that, with wisdom,
could be polished to a proud shine? If you are lucky
enough to find your way to such teachers, you will
always find your way back.
”
Mitch Albom
Tuesdays with Morrie
11. Seth Godin
Quoted in Uncertainty
“ If you are lucky enough to have somebody who will
pay a lot of attention to you, then great, more power
to you. But to search for their magic? I’m just not
”
buying it.
13. “ So let me get this straight... you want to invite your
6 ft tall, blond, single friend who you met on the
internet to stay with us in our house?
”
Meredith Oke
36. THE DRAMA OF CRITICAL THINKING IS OUR PROCESS.
TAKE IN A BUNCH OF INPUTS FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES.
ASK A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS NO ONE HAS BOTHERED TO ASK.
HYPOTHESIZE SOLUTIONS.
CRAFT A STORY TO HELP PEOPLE EMBRACE THE IDEAS.
49. I’M GOING TO LEARN A LOT
ABOUT PUBLISHING
“
The machine had been invented a few years ago: a machine that could tell,
from just a sample of your blood, how you were going to die. It didn’t
give you the date and it didn’t give you the specifics. It just spat out a
sliver of paper on which were printed, in careful block letters, the words
DROWNED or CANCER or OLD AGE or CHOKED ON A HANDFUL
OF POPCORN. It let people know how they were going to die.
63. “ One of the interesting things that we’ve noticed is that
companies correlate on decision making and speed of
decision making. There are basically no companies that
have good slow decisions. There are only companies that
have good fast decisions. I think that’s also a natural
thing as companies get bigger -- they tend to slow down
”
decision making. And that’s pretty tragic.
LARRY PAGE
CEO OF GOOGLE
65. “ The big problems are these sorts that only ever
get solved by trial and error, so when they are
being solved, they are being solved through
experimentation, which is often a bottom-up
process. When they are not being solved it is
because we are not willing to experiment, or to
”
use trial and error.
TIM HARFORD
ECONOMIST
67. WORK FROM YOUR STRENGTHS PRINCIPLES OVER PROCESS
YOU DON’T HAVE TO DECIDE
SEEK INPUTS FROM EVERYWHERE
UNTIL YOU HAVE TO DECIDE
FIND A WAY TO BE GENEROUS NEVER STOP LEARNING
68. WORK FROM YOUR STRENGTHS PRINCIPLES OVER PROCESS
YOU DON’T HAVE TO DECIDE
SEEK INPUTS FROM EVERYWHERE
UNTIL YOU HAVE TO DECIDE
FIND A WAY TO BE GENEROUS NEVER STOP LEARNING
PLEASE SUGGEST BOOK TITLES
69. WORK FROM YOUR STRENGTHS PRINCIPLES OVER PROCESS
YOU DON’T HAVE TO DECIDE
SEEK INPUTS FROM EVERYWHERE
UNTIL YOU HAVE TO DECIDE
FIND A WAY TO BE GENEROUS NEVER STOP LEARNING
PLEASE SUGGEST BOOK TITLES
PLEASE TAKE THE SURVEY