Quote by Greg McKeown

“However, in many instances we might be very wise to ask what the consequence of removing the consequence might actually be.”

— Craig D. Lounsbrough

“no one had ever let them think that initiative was acceptable behavior.”

— Lou Ann Walker

“Is it not at least occasionally the case that we set out on a clear and simple mission and return with something undreamed of?…

— Lawrence Kushner

“Acts of standing every trial without reversal is a sign of positiveness.”

— Solomon Michael

“An activity engaged in purely for its consequences, without any pleasure for the activity itself, is likely to be poorly executed.”

— Anonymous

When a test pilot comes off a flight, there is typically another pilot who is going to take it up, and he believes in…

— Wally Schirra

“try the Vanishing Options Test: Ask them what they’d do if their current alternatives disappeared.”

— Chip Heath

“Without a good facilitator, a retrospective most likely will be a disaster.”

— Luis Gonçalves

“Any endeavor has unintended consequences. Any ill-conceived endeavor has more.”

— Stephen Tobolowsky

“Giving up one activity does not guarantee you will take up a more worthy substitute.”

— Susan Maushart

“This can sound rather grim, but it does have a positive flip-side: It suggests that our negative assessments of other people are less likely…

— Thomas Gilovich

“Regardless of how or what anyone thinks about you it does not rob or cancel your assignment”

— J. Wilson