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“I believe the truth is only offensive when we're lying.”
― Matthew McConaughey, Greenlights

“The single most important task of a manager is to elicit peak performance from his subordinates. So if two things limit high output, a manager has two ways to tackle the issue: through training and motivation.”
― Andrew S. Grove, High Output Management

“She believed she had uncovered a key truth about focus: To pay attention in normal ways, you need to feel safe.”
― Johann Hari, Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention—and How to Think Deeply Again

“When a person is not doing his job, there can only be two reasons for it. The person either can’t do it or won’t do it; he is either not capable or not motivated. To determine which, we can employ a simple mental test: if the person’s life depended on doing the work, could he do it? If the answer is yes, that person is not motivated; if the answer is no, he is not capable.”
― Andrew S. Grove, High Output Management