Mid-career Crisis Quotes

“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.’ – Steve Jobs”
― Partha Sarathi Basu, Mid-career Crisis: Why Some Sail through while Others Don't

“No one cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.”
― Partha Sarathi Basu, Mid-career Crisis: Why Some Sail through while Others Don't

“Drop the idea that you are Atlas carrying the world on your shoulders. The world would go on even without you. Don’t take yourself so seriously.’ – Norman Vincent Peale”
― Partha Sarathi Basu, Mid-career Crisis: Why Some Sail through while Others Don't

“He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a question remains a fool forever.”
― Partha Sarathi Basu, Mid-career Crisis: Why Some Sail through while Others Don't

“It is easy to look at a complicated solution to a problem; the art is in simplifying it.”
― Partha Sarathi Basu, Mid-career Crisis: Why Some Sail through while Others Don't

“Feedback is the breakfast of champions.’ – Ken Blanchard”
― Partha Sarathi Basu, Mid-career Crisis: Why Some Sail through while Others Don't

“A life spent making mistakes is not only more honourable but also more useful than a life spent doing nothing.”
― Partha Sarathi Basu, Mid-career Crisis: Why Some Sail through while Others Don't

“However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.’ – Winston Churchill”
― Partha Sarathi Basu, Mid-career Crisis: Why Some Sail through while Others Don't

“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.’ – John F. Kennedy”
― Partha Sarathi Basu, Mid-career Crisis: Why Some Sail through while Others Don't

“difference between a winner and a loser is that the former has mastered the basics by working on them again and again. Our”
― Partha Sarathi Basu, Mid-career Crisis: Why Some Sail through while Others Don't

“ready to accept my comments. She challenged me and said that if I wanted, she could prove to me that she and her team had done everything that was required. She even showed me a few slides, which indicated improvement in the parameters that tracked our execution quotient. I decided to keep a close watch on Anamika and her team and monitor their activity through further reviews. I also decided to spend time with every individual in her team. After a few reviews, I understood the real problem. The issue was that Anamika did not allow any of her colleagues to spend their time in the field helping the business. Most of the time, she asked them to make presentations for different reviews. Her instruction to her team was simple: ‘I will stand up for you, so do not worry. I know how to manage perception, but you guys should ensure that I come across well.’ Thus, many days were spent not on the real job, but on her horrible idea of managing the perception of the senior management. In doing this, the purpose of the team was lost.”
― Partha Sarathi Basu, Mid-career Crisis: Why Some Sail through while Others Don't