The Sweet Spot Quotes

“Perfectionism is not a quest for the best. It is a pursuit of the worst in ourselves, the part that tells us that nothing we do will ever be good enough.”
― Christine Carter, The Sweet Spot: How to Find Your Groove at Home and Work

“The Sweet Spot is about shifting the small gears, the ones that rotate relatively easily. And because all the gears are interlocking, when we tweak a small gear, large gears start to move—effortlessly—as well.”
― Christine Carter, The Sweet Spot: How to Find Your Groove at Home and Work

“working more than 40 hours a week was stupid, wasteful, dangerous, and expensive—and the most telling sign of dangerously incompetent management to boot,” Robinson writes. Further, more than a hundred years of research shows that “every hour you work over 40 hours a week is making you less effective and productive over both the short and the long haul.” Really! Even though most people think this makes intuitive sense, they are still surprised to hear that it is actually true. This common sense is so widely ignored that overwork—and the problems with health, happiness, and productivity that it brings—is epidemic.”
― Christine Carter, The Sweet Spot: How to Find Your Groove at Home and Work

“what truly makes us happy is letting go of our fantasies about the future and instead engaging in the journey, in the process, and in the present moment.”
― Christine Carter, The Sweet Spot: How to Find Your Groove at Home and Work

“abrir mão de recompensas financeiras e sucesso profissional em troca de tempo para descansar. Mas eu queria uma vida mais tranquila: poder parar e conversar com o vizinho, brincar com meu cachorro e apreciar sua alegria (sem estar ao mesmo tempo no telefone, cuidando de negócios), desfrutar de fins de semana inteiros indo a exposições de arte, lendo por puro prazer e simplesmente aproveitando a companhia dos meus filhos.”
― Christine Carter, O ponto de equilíbrio

“This broadened perception opens up our sweet spot: that place where we experience the least stress, the greatest intellectual power, and the most sophisticated social skills.”
― Christine Carter, The Sweet Spot: How to Find Your Groove at Home and Work

“walls in my office, bedroom,”
― Christine Carter, The Sweet Spot: How to Find Your Groove at Home and Work