Quotes about Workplace

David Brooks, commenting on the workplace, once said, "Never underestimate the power of the environment you work in to gradually transform who you are. When you choose to work at a certain company, you are turning yourself into the sort of person who works in that company

As we reviewed in Chapter 7, we will get away from keyboards in the office, also known as "death by a thousand clicks," and replace them with computer processing of natural language into notes.98—100

Life's too short to be working with divas.

Every Christian can witness to God in the workplace, not only with words, but above all with an honest life.

Very, very few people actually have long stretches of uninterrupted time at an office.

Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.

It's like, the front door of the office is like a Cuisinart, and you walk in, and your day is shredded to bits because you have 15 minutes here, 30 minutes there, and something else happens, you're pulled off your work, then you have 20 minutes, then it's lunch, then you have something else to do.

If you don't let people flourish in their jobs, why are they going to stay?

[Facebook and Twitter] aren't the real problems in the office. The real problems are what I like to call the M&Ms, the Managers and the Meetings.

Forcing everyone into the office every day is an organizational SPoF.

You can't credibly promote the virtues of reasonable hours, plentiful rest, and a healthy lifestyle to employees if you're doing the opposite as the boss.

Motivation is pivotal to healthy lives and healthy companies. Make sure you're minding it.