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    Being a giver is not good for a 100-yard dash, but it’s valuable in a marathon.

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    Dissenting opinions are useful even when they're wrong. So instead of speaking to highly agreeable audiences, target suggestions to people with a history of originality.

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    Every time we interact with another person at work, we have a choice to make: do we try to claim as much value as we can, or contribute value without worrying about what we receive in return?

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    Focus attention and energy on making a difference in the lives of others, and success might follow as a by-product.

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    Good guys are most likely to finish last, but also most likely to finish first.

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    If we want a better original idea, we must generate our own before we screen others' suggestions.

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    Most people believe that great leaders are distinguished by their ability to give compelling answers. This profound book shatters that assumption, showing that the more vital skill is asking the right questions…. Berger poses many fascinating questions, including this one: What if companies had mission questions rather than mission statements? This is a book everyone ought to read—without question.

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    Negative relationships are unpleasant but predictable.

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    People tend to have one of three 'styles' of interaction. There are takers, who are always trying to serve themselves; matchers, who are always trying to get equal benefit for themselves and others; and givers, who are always trying to help people.

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    Procrastinate strategically... Procrastination may be the enemy of productivity but it can be a valuable resource for creativity.

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    The more I help out, the more successful I become. But I measure success in what it has done for the people around me. That is the real accolade.

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    The most meaningful way to succeed is to help others succeed.

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    This is what I find most magnetic about successful givers: they get to the top without cutting others down, finding ways of expanding the pie that benefit themselves and the people around them. Whereas success is zero-sum in a group of takers, in groups of givers, it may be true that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

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    When you put off a task, you buy yourself time to engage in divergent thinking rather than foreclosing on one particular idea.

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    An employee made a mistake that cost the company $10 million, he walked into the office of Tom Watson, the C.E.O., expecting to get fired. “Fire you?” Mr. Watson asked. “I just spent $10 million educating you.

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    By looking on the bright side, we'll activate enthusiasm and turn on the go system.

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    Convictions in our ideas is dangerous not only because it leaves us vulnerable to false positives, but also because it stops us from generating the requisite variety to reach our creative potential.

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    Dissenting opinions are useful, even when they are wrong.

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    Givers reject the notion that interdependence is weak. Givers are more likely to see interdependence as a source of strength, a way to harness the skills of multiple people for a greater good.

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    Having a sense of security in one realm gives us the freedom to be original in another. By covering our bases financially, we escape the pressure to publish half-baked books, sell shoddy art, or launch untested businesses.

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    Having a sense of security in one realm gives us the freedom to be original in another. By covering our bases financially, we escape the pressure to publish half-baked books, sell shoddy art, or launch untested businesses. When

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    If you want to be original, "the most important possible thing you could do," says Ira Glass, the producer of This American Life and the podcast Serial, "is do a lot of work. Do a huge volume of work.

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    Originality brings more bumps in the road, yet it leaves us with more happiness and a greater sense of meaning.

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    Practice makes perfect, but it doesn’t make new.

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    Practice makes perfect, but it doesn’t make new. The gifted learn to play magnificent Mozart melodies and beautiful Beethoven symphonies, but never compose their own original scores.

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    Rather than looking outward in an attempt to predict the outcome, you turn inward to your identity. You base the decision on who you are--or who you want to be.

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    Reasoning does create a paradox: it leads both to more rule following and more rebelliousness. By explaining moral principles, parents encourage their children to comply voluntarily with rules that align with important values and to question rules that don’t. Good explanations enable children to develop a code of ethics that often coincides with societal expectations; when they don’t square up, children rely on the internal compass of values rather than the external compass of rules.