Going Deep Quotes

“to train write their stories and read them to the group.”
― Gordon MacDonald, Going Deep: Becoming A Person of Influence

“The key question I learned to ask myself when I read was, “What is the author trying to say?”
― Gordon MacDonald, Going Deep: Becoming A Person of Influence

“It’s Myers-Briggs . . . the MBTI, Myers-Briggs Temperament Indicator.”
― Gordon MacDonald, Going Deep: Becoming A Person of Influence

“number of people, throws the problem their way, and says, “Don’t bother me again until you have a solution.” That’s a tiger team. Get what I’m saying?”
― Gordon MacDonald, Going Deep: Becoming A Person of Influence

“         TYLER FORD: A tiger team? What’s that?          HANK: Oh, sorry. It’s a group of people that are put together to solve a problem that no particular unit in the company is responsible for. So the boss picks a”
― Gordon MacDonald, Going Deep: Becoming A Person of Influence

“Yeah. Here’s a second thing to look for. I think you want to look for a pattern of faithfulness and dependability.”
― Gordon MacDonald, Going Deep: Becoming A Person of Influence

“So what’s the opposite of teachability?” “Proud . . . smug . . . know-it-all . . . shallow . . . stubborn . . . arrogant . . . that enough?” “Helps to know who you don’t want to consider. So then, what are words that define teachability? “Well, what I just said: curious, inquisitive, hungry to learn, humble, disciplined . . . that enough?”
― Gordon MacDonald, Going Deep: Becoming A Person of Influence

“First, all training at the hotel is done in a group context. Second, selection of participants is everything. Third, people are pushed hard to learn. Fourth, there are expectations about preparation and participation, and no one is an exception.”
― Gordon MacDonald, Going Deep: Becoming A Person of Influence

“Bruce,” I said, “the term Gail and I kicked around this morning that sums up what you’ve got there is inf luence, a holy influence. It pertains to men and women who renounce mediocrity and embrace the possibility that God can use them”
― Gordon MacDonald, Going Deep: Becoming A Person of Influence

“They believed that an organization is only as good as its commitment to training leaders for the future.”
― Gordon MacDonald, Going Deep: Becoming A Person of Influence

“Ah, I overlooked two things. When we invite people to enter a training track, we always tell them why we have selected or approved them. It’s very, very important for everyone to know that they’ve been observed and what we’ve seen and appreciated in them. So many of our people come out of families and homes where no one ever tells them that they are valuable for anything except earning money. So if this hotel can be the one place where they learn that they are competent and valued, we want that to happen.”
― Gordon MacDonald, Going Deep: Becoming A Person of Influence