💬 Quotes

"In a growth mindset, people do not believe that everyone is the same or that anyone can be anything, but they do believe that a person's true potential is unknown."

"For twenty years, my research has shown that the view you adopt for yourself profoundly affects the way you lead your life."

"Mindsets are just beliefs. They are powerful beliefs, but you can change them."

"Why waste time proving over and over how great you are, when you could be getting better?"

"True self-confidence is 'the courage to be open—to welcome change and new ideas regardless of whether they conform to one's preconceived notions.'"

"Becoming is better than being."

"All judgments, diagnoses, analyses, and expressions of criticism are tragic expressions of unmet needs."

"Violence is a tragic expression of unmet needs. It is the result of people not recognizing other ways of meeting their needs."

"When we combine observation with evaluation, others are apt to hear moralistic criticism. Instead, we want to focus on clearly observing what is happening that we either like or dislike."

"Hear no enemy. Behind disquieting messages are people with needs asking us to contribute to their well-being."

"Every criticism, attack, insult, and judgment is nothing more than a blind plea for help."

"Don't do anything that isn't play. Make your choices based on contribution, not on fear, guilt, shame, or duty."

"There is only one valid definition of business purpose: to create a customer."

"Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things."

"Long-range planning does not deal with future decisions, but with the future of present decisions."

"Management is a practice, rather than a science or a profession, though it contains elements of both."

"Efficiency is concerned with doing things right. Effectiveness is doing the right things."

"The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said."

"The small things, when accumulated with mindfulness and appreciation, constitute a rich and satisfying life."

"Every prolonged whole-activity of man must inevitably be accompanied by what is called 'conscious labor' and 'intentional suffering.'"