A batch of the best highlights from what Edwin's read, .
The Keeper Test requires the managers of various divisions to ask themselves how hard would they fight to keep someone. If the answer is “not that hard,” that employee is history.15 The culture of candor also demands that the blemishes and faults of newly departed employees be “sunshined” for the edification of their peers in company-wide assemblies.
Pandora's Box
Peter Biskind
I like to say, “Experience is what you got when you didn’t get what you wanted.”
The Most Important Thing Illuminated
Howard Marks, Paul Johnson
Carlos added, “I hate this one. I just don’t want to have to tell someone that their standards are too low. I’d rather just tolerate it and avoid the . . .” He tried to think of the right way to describe it. Jan did it for him: “ . . . the interpersonal discomfort.”