Sublime

"Of course, I did a good job; I worked hard enough at it. And why did I do it? Because "When change is inevitable, we struggle most to keep what we value most." Illusions Only Make It Worse

If you are capable of doing work that others are not, be sure you are paid well for it. It really makes it possible to bear up.

“I have to stop kicking the rock. I need to move it. It’s hurting both of us. He’s not the right person for this position, and there’s no amount of pushing or getting on him that’s going to change that. He needs to be reassigned to a position where he can make a contribution.”

“If an individual has ego needs that are too high,” notes Peter Friedes, Hewitt’s managing partner, “they can be a very disruptive influence.

Authentic empathy has consequences. If you really understand the losses that your initiative would inflict on your opponents, you have to take responsibility for inflicting them. From your perspective, you did not create the adaptive challenge at hand, and your purpose is simply to mobilize people to grapple with the problem; you are not deliberate