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“The best leaders are not driven by ego or personal agendas. They are simply focused on the mission and how best to accomplish it.”
― Jocko Willink, Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win

“People learn together by working together. Don’t waste time on fake team-building activities such as anything physical. Those activities might be fun for some people, but they don’t help people learn how to work together at work.”
― Johanna Rothman, Create Your Successful Agile Project: Collaborate, Measure, Estimate, Deliver

“Create an opening to deliver feedback. Describe the behavior or result in a way that the person can hear. State the impact using “I” language. Make a request for continued or changed behavior.”
― Johanna Rothman, Create Your Successful Agile Project: Collaborate, Measure, Estimate, Deliver

“One of the best ways to create team safety is to create an environment in which team members feel safe to take risks.”
― Johanna Rothman, Create Your Successful Agile Project: Collaborate, Measure, Estimate, Deliver

“Instead of failing fast, consider learning early. I find that learning early creates a different mindset for me. I now create small, safe-to-fail experiments. I manage my ambiguity around the entire deliverable by creating small steps.”
― Johanna Rothman, Create Your Successful Agile Project: Collaborate, Measure, Estimate, Deliver

“You can’t go faster when you avoid technical excellence.”
― Johanna Rothman, Create Your Successful Agile Project: Collaborate, Measure, Estimate, Deliver

“Don’t let your focus on results get in the way of caring about the people you work with. I made that mistake when I first got to Google. I was laser-focused on getting stuff done, and fast. That slowed me down in the end.”
― Kim Malone Scott, Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity

“Listen, Challenge, Commit. A strong leader has the humility to listen, the confidence to challenge, and the wisdom to know when to quit arguing and to get on board.”
― Kim Malone Scott, Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity

“When you have to fire people, do it with humility. Remember, the reason you have to fire them is not that they suck. It’s not even that they suck at this job. It’s that this job—the job you gave them—sucks for them.”
― Kim Malone Scott, Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity

“If it’s essential that no one ever augment your type, then use type.”
― Dan Vanderkam, Effective TypeScript: 62 Specific Ways to Improve Your TypeScript

“when your code and your comments disagree, they’re both wrong!”
― Dan Vanderkam, Effective TypeScript: 62 Specific Ways to Improve Your TypeScript

“There are methods to build resilience. Take care of your body, practice mindfulness, and avoid negative outlets that only bandage the wound. Help others through volunteering, being proactive, and moving toward your goals. Keep things in perspective by accepting change is a part of life. Lastly, find a community.”
― Jamie Russo, The Underdog Paradox: Secrets to Battling Adversity and Stories of Real Life Superheroes

“Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.”
― Chris Voss, Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It

“When the pressure is on, you don’t rise to the occasion—you fall to your highest level of preparation.”
― Chris Voss