If you become a giver, you'll make them feel like they want to reciprocate. — Price Pritchett Copy Share Image
We can't win the struggle for high standards if we just talk a good game . . . we've got to play a good game. — Price Pritchett Copy Share Image
So let your deepest desires direct your aim. Set your sights far above the 'reasonable' target. The power of purpose is profound… — Price Pritchett Copy Share Image
When you can make it this simple, though, just do the right thing. Even if you could get away with less. Even… — Price Pritchett Copy Share Image
How can we be trusted with big things if we're not trustworthy with things that are small? Don't allow your finer instincts… — Price Pritchett Copy Share Image
If you're unwilling to defer pleasure or endure some "pain" for now, are you likely to end up later deep in the… — Price Pritchett Copy Share Image
The ethics of excellence requires a sense of perspective. Look at the big picture. If you live for the moment you might… — Price Pritchett Copy Share Image
Ethical dilemmas have a way of sneaking up on a person. If something smells funny, stay away from it. Or help get… — Price Pritchett Copy Share Image
If you're experiencing no anxiety or discomfort, the risk you're taking probably isn't worthy of you. The only risks that aren't a… — Price Pritchett Copy Share Image
Your doubts are not the product of accurate thinking, but habitual thinking. Years ago you excepted flawed conclusions as correct, begin to… — Price Pritchett Copy Share Image
You can’t bake a cake without getting the kitchen messy. Halfway through surgery it looks like there’s been a murder in the… — Price Pritchett Copy Share Image
High personal standards aren't enough for organizational excellence. You've got to be intolerant of low standards in others. . . . If… — Price Pritchett Copy Share Image
Excellence is a process, not just an outcome. Sure, we have to hold out for high standards in the products or services… — Price Pritchett Copy Share Image
...Force yourself to use the optimist's explanatory style: 'The situation is temporary. The effect will be limited, not pervasive. And it's due… — Price Pritchett Copy Share Image
You can’t bake a cake without getting the kitchen messy. Halfway through surgery it looks like there’s been a murder in the operating room.… — Price Pritchett Copy Share Image
We can't win the struggle for high standards if we just talk a good game . . . we've got to play a good game. — Price Pritchett Copy Share Image
As tough as it sometimes looks on the front end, it's easier to do right than undo wrong. — Price Pritchett Copy Share Image
In these times of self-directed teams, empowered employees, and "boundaryless" organizations, your worth as an individual employee will also get measured by your work… — Price Pritchett Copy Share Image
Some people argue against both optimism and pessimism in favor of so-called realistic thinking. They distrust optimism on the grounds that it causes us… — Price Pritchett Copy Share Image
Your doubts are not the product of accurate thinking, but habitual thinking. Years ago you excepted flawed conclusions as correct, begin to live your… — Price Pritchett Copy Share Image
We all faced painful ethical challenges before we even knew how to spell our names. There were tough choices. Tradeoffs. Confusing signals regarding how… — Price Pritchett Copy Share Image
Excellence is a process, not just an outcome. Sure, we have to hold out for high standards in the products or services we provide.… — Price Pritchett Copy Share Image
Notice that "I" is at the center of the word "ethical." There is no "they." Achieving the ethics of excellence is our individual assignment. — Price Pritchett Copy Share Image
The only way we can develop muscle is through regular exercise. As soon as we stop stretching and working toward higher ethics, our standards… — Price Pritchett Copy Share Image
When you hold out for high standards, people are impressed-but they don't always like you for it. Not everybody will be on your side… — Price Pritchett Copy Share Image
Everybody makes honest mistakes, but there's no such thing as an honest cover-up. — Price Pritchett Copy Share Image
