“It’s natural to feel limited by the constraints of our jobs from time to time. But rather than seeing those constraints as… — David Sturt Copy Share Image
“Change is the catalyst of life and, likewise, the catalyst for all great work.” — David Sturt Copy Share Image
“It doesn’t take any special training to ask the right question. Nor does it require a high IQ. The only real resource… — David Sturt Copy Share Image
“The truth is, when we see ourselves as a box on somebody’s org chart, we’re miscalculating our own potential.” — David Sturt Copy Share Image
“While good work, crucial as it is, sets our attention on execution and delivery, great work sets our attention on benefiting others.” — David Sturt Copy Share Image
“People who do great work have a different set of criteria for declaring a job complete: whereas the typical definition of complete… — David Sturt Copy Share Image
“Call it what you will, it’s about getting up off your chair, going where the action is, and seeing things firsthand. Because… — David Sturt Copy Share Image
“We’ve all got crazy ideas that tickle and nag. Let’s turn up the volume on these great work muses. Allow them to… — David Sturt Copy Share Image
“Instead of jumping right in to accomplish whatever task [is] assigned, difference makers pause – to ask the right question.” — David Sturt Copy Share Image
“I think it’s the difference between working with your head down and with your head up. You need to look at everything… — David Sturt Copy Share Image
“Difference makers know how to work loose, to model, fine-tune, and play with ideas before they execute them to find changes that… — David Sturt Copy Share Image
“Difference makers not only stay engaged until a difference is made, but follow the results of their work…. They insist on knowing what worked… — David Sturt Copy Share Image
“Understanding requires our own observation. Solutions frequently come in the form of mental pictures. The only prescription is to get out and use our… — David Sturt Copy Share Image
“There are times when those around us just won’t get what we’re trying to accomplish… at those times, it’s our own passion, commitment, and… — David Sturt Copy Share Image
“Difference making, by its very nature, is the art of taking something good and making it better. It’s an act of fine-tuning, improving, and… — David Sturt Copy Share Image
“Each of us has a unique perspective on the world around us, an inner eye that has more to do with how we think… — David Sturt Copy Share Image
“We have the ability to insist on doing something great – something people will love and appreciate.” — David Sturt Copy Share Image
“Thinking of the good our work can do for others, beyond our daily to-do list, helps us change how we do what we do… — David Sturt Copy Share Image
“A fixed mindset causes people to fear failure; they don’t want to try anything that might damage their current sense of ability and intelligence.… — David Sturt Copy Share Image
“That’s what reframing your role is all about: thinking about how your work affects others, looking at the larger purpose of your work and… — David Sturt Copy Share Image
“People who deliver unexpected value don’t just go around improving things willy-nilly every time an idea pops into their heads. They look before they… — David Sturt Copy Share Image
“Difference makers look with their own eyes from a variety of perspectives to see new possibilities.” — David Sturt Copy Share Image
“Our ability to see the impact of changes before we make them is an important part of being human. Every new discovery…. is the… — David Sturt Copy Share Image
