Books Quote by Michael Bungay Stanier Download Open image ““Dan Pink talks about the importance of this in his excellent book Drive.”” — Michael Bungay Stanier ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.7 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Books
“Don't write off a book (or person, or movie) just because it had a pink, sparkly cover.” — Abby McDonald Copy Share Image
“Book readers are special people, and they will always turn to books as the ultimate pleasure.” — Ruskin Bond Copy Share Image
“The greatest challenge in writing your book is maintaining the drive to finish it.” — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
“I love books. I really, really love them. There's something special about bringing people and books together” — Margaret Truman Copy Share Image
“Books because are the vehicle that takes my mind to places and times my body can't go.” — Jeffrey Michael Copy Share Image
“Books are so full of thoughts that some of them have learned to think.” — Henry Hitchens (Browse Copy Share Image
“The books I like...contain things to ponder, ignore, memorize, and laugh and wonder at.” — Seymour Chwast Copy Share Image
“You can use the 3P model you read about in the Kickstart Question chapter to make sure you cover all the bases. Projects What projects do you need to abandon or postpone? What meetings will you no longer attend? What resources do you need to divert to the Yes? People What expectations do you need to manage? From what Drama… — Michael Bungay Stanier Copy Share
“Science has whittled that number down over time, so now it’s generally assumed that four is actually the ideal number at which we can… — Michael Bungay Stanier Copy Share Image
“Winston Churchill said that people “occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever… — Michael Bungay Stanier Copy Share Image
“Building a coaching habit will help your team be more self-sufficient by increasing their autonomy and sense of mastery and by reducing your need… — Michael Bungay Stanier Copy Share Image
“that the secret to saying No was to shift the focus and learn how to say Yes more slowly.” — Michael Bungay Stanier Copy Share Image
“But a Yes is nothing without the No that gives it boundaries and form.” — Michael Bungay Stanier Copy Share Image
“Self-Management If you can read just one book on motivation—yours and others: Dan Pink, Drive If you can read just one book on building new habits: Charles Duhigg, The Power of Habit If you can read just one book on harnessing neuroscience for personal change: Dan Siegel, Mindsight If you can read just one book on deep personal change: Lisa… — Michael Bungay Stanier Copy Share
“Part of what makes the Focus Question work so well are those two final words, “for you.” A 1997 study involving a fairly convoluted series of math problems focused on the impact of having the word “you” as part of a math problem’s description. The researchers found that when the word “you” was present, the questions needed to be repeated… — Michael Bungay Stanier Copy Share
“The simple act of adding “for you” to the end of as many questions as possible is an everyday technique for making conversations more… — Michael Bungay Stanier Copy Share Image
I think a new world will arise out of the religious mists when we approach our Bible with the idea that it is not… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
If I had a dollar for every time I couldn’t sleep, I could buy a billion locks and finally read a book in peace. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.' — Lydia Lunch Copy Share Image
My sentences got sharper and my stories more efficient, and I gradually learned to imagine the reader more clearly and to empathize with that… — Karen Thompson Walker Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
“Within the pages of books, I've journeyed to Mandalay, the Milky Way and Santa Fe, without once having to leave my armchair.” — Kevin Ansbro Copy Share Image
“Tacitus did not write a most dangerous book. His readers made it so.” — Christopher K. Krebs Copy Share Image
“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about… — Floyd Cooper Copy Share Image
I think books in which people are really happy and things are going well are probably the most challenging novels there are to write,… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image