“You are a threat to all things average. You remind the average that they have settled! The naysayer needs to make sense of not doing,...

“When you show yourself to the world and display your talents, you naturally stir all kinds of resentment, envy, and other manifestations...

“If you approach a negotiation thinking the other guy thinks like you, you are wrong. That's not empathy, that's a projection.” The book...

“Being unafraid of making mistakes makes everything easy for me. Not worrying about what people think frees you to do things, and doing...

“Live your passion. What does that mean, anyway? It means that when you get up for work every morning, every single morning, you are...

"In our extroverted business culture, introverts can feel excluded, overlooked, or misunderstood. But being an introvert doesn’t mean you...

“When a leader takes too much ownership, there is no ownership left for the team or subordinate leaders to take. So the team loses...

“Give a good idea to a mediocre team, and they’ll find a way to screw it up. Give a mediocre idea to a good team, and they’ll find a way...

“When bosses are too invested in everyone getting along they also fail to encourage the people on their team to criticize one another...

“Not that leaders need to be overly 'nice'; the emotional art of leadership includes pressing the reality of work demands without unduly...

"Step1: Define your starting point. Keep it simple and be honest (even if it is painful). Step2: Define your end point. Don't...

“Self-deception is like this. It blinds us to the true causes of problems, and once we’re blind, all the “solutions” we can think of will...

“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” The book explores what it takes to...

"In competitive situations, managers pretend to be objective, unbiased, as putting company’s interests ahead of their own, open to...

“The talented employee may join a company because of its charismatic leaders, its generous benefits, and its world-class training...

“Above all, you have to find your purpose, your reason for getting out of bed, your ikigai.” The book explores the concept of ikigai, a...

“It’s the things we don’t do that tend to haunt us long-term—such as choosing not to take a new job, not to pursue a relationship, not to...

“We see people and things not as they are, but as we are.” The book is a short and fresh take on the concept of self-awareness, that is...

“Perfectionism at its core isn't about high standards. It's about fear. Fear of failure. Fear of looking stupid, fear of making a...

“Our brain accepts what the eyes see and our eye looks for whatever our brain wants.” The book explores how our thoughts create our...