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> [Fun is only real and sustainable if it feeds off the team's purpose and performance aspirations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-katzenbach/fun-is-only-real-and-sustainable-if-it-feeds-off-the-team-s-purpose/)

[John Katzenbach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-katzenbach/)

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## More by John Katzenbach

> [“What I was, isn’t what I am. And what I am, isn’t yet what I can be.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-katzenbach/what-i-was-isn-t-what-i-am-and-what-i-am-isn-t-yet-what-i-can-be/)

[John Katzenbach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-katzenbach/)

> [“Once, he reminded himself, I studied hard to learn to save lives. Now I must educate myself in how to take one.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-katzenbach/once-he-reminded-himself-i-studied-hard-to-learn-to-save-lives-now-i/)

[John Katzenbach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-katzenbach/)

> [A demanding performance challenge tends to create a team.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-katzenbach/a-demanding-performance-challenge-tends-to-create-a-team/)

[John Katzenbach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-katzenbach/)

> [“Es que la gente parece que le tiene miedo a los estereotipos, a los lugares comunes...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-katzenbach/es-que-la-gente-parece-que-le-tiene-miedo-a-los-estereotipos-a-los/)

[John Katzenbach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-katzenbach/)

> [Create delusion. Establish doubt. Feed paranoia.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-katzenbach/create-delusion-establish-doubt-feed-paranoia/)

[John Katzenbach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-katzenbach/)

> [Overcoming barriers to performance is how groups become teams.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-katzenbach/overcoming-barriers-to-performance-is-how-groups-become-teams/)

[John Katzenbach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-katzenbach/)

> [Psychoanalysis teaches one thing, he thought: Nothing ever happens in a vacuum. A single bad act can have all sorts of repercussions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-katzenbach/psychoanalysis-teaches-one-thing-he-thought-nothing-ever-happens-in-a/)

[John Katzenbach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-katzenbach/)

> [“Revenge serves to cleanse the heart and soul. It has been around since the first caveman climbed down out of a tree and bashed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-katzenbach/revenge-serves-to-cleanse-the-heart-and-soul-it-has-been-around-since/)

[John Katzenbach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-katzenbach/)

> [“... A nightmare is something you awaken from, Peter," she had said. "But thoughts and ideas that remain after its terrors have disappeared are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-katzenbach/a-nightmare-is-something-you-awaken-from-peter-she-had-said-but/)

[John Katzenbach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-katzenbach/)

> [“—Era una de esas personas a las que te gustaría ayudar pero no puedes. Su empeño era encontrar a alguien que cuidara de ella,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-katzenbach/era-una-de-esas-personas-a-las-que-te-gustar-a-ayudar-pero-no-puedes/)

[John Katzenbach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-katzenbach/)

> [“I can no longer hear my voices, so I am a little lost. My suspicion is they would know far better how to tell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-katzenbach/i-can-no-longer-hear-my-voices-so-i-am-a-little-lost-my-suspicion-is/)

[John Katzenbach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-katzenbach/)

> [Teamwork represents a set of values that encourage behaviors such as listening and constructively responding to points of view expressed by others, giving others…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-katzenbach/teamwork-represents-a-set-of-values-that-encourage-behaviors-such-as/)

[John Katzenbach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-katzenbach/)

> [“One of the things I learned in my maddest years was that one could be in a room, with walls and barred windows and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-katzenbach/one-of-the-things-i-learned-in-my-maddest-years-was-that-one-could-be/)

[John Katzenbach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-katzenbach/)

> [“The best game to play, he thought, is the game you don’t realize you are playing.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-katzenbach/the-best-game-to-play-he-thought-is-the-game-you-don-t-realize-you/)

[John Katzenbach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-katzenbach/)

> [“A man without a past, he thought, can write any future.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-katzenbach/a-man-without-a-past-he-thought-can-write-any-future/)

[John Katzenbach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-katzenbach/)

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