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Helping people make better choices about their employees, colleagues, team members, project partners, mentors, bosses, friends, and even spouses is the passion of my life because I see how those decisions lead to high-flying careers, happier lives, thriving organizations, and better societies.
It's Not the How or the What but the Who
Claudio Fernández-Aráoz
Being an instrument of the present, an army deals mainly with the possible. Its leaders do not rely on miracles. Even when animated by fervent faith, they are open to compromise. They reckon with the possibility of defeat and know how to surrender. On the other hand, the leader of a mass movement has an overwhelming contempt for the present—for all its stubborn facts and perplexities, even those of geography and the weather. He relies on miracles.
The True Believer
Eric Hoffer
That people adjust their aspirations to their circumstances so that they maintain a more or less constant level of satisfaction (“the hedonic treadmill”) is a pretty well-established psychological finding.
Explaining Social Behavior
Jon Elster
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