Quotes About Collaboration

He and his young colleague, the Austrian mathematician Kurt Gödel, had an understanding: they knew that either one of them might be so deeply absorbed in thought that any disturbance could prove fatal to whatever work was being done, and if there was no immediate response to an interruption—such as a knock—then it was best to retire quietly until another time.

The minimalist storyteller deliberately gives this last critical bit of work to the audience.

Una persona inteligente contrata a gente más inteligente que ella.

It takes two to have a fight.

For I was, as you have already guessed, a collaborator with Destiny, not one who put a pistol to its head and demanded particular treasures. The only thing for me to do was to keep on keeping on, to have faith in my whim, and remember that for me, as for the saints, illumination when it came would probably come from some unexpected source.

As soon as the typewriter ceased its rapid staccato, Philips tore off the report. He read it with Denise looking over his shoulder.

The Great High Wire Walker "You can accomplish anything in life, provided that you do not mind who gets the credit.

As you go through your workweek, reflect on the people that you work with and ask yourself whether you are showing up at your best with them and treating them as the magnificent people that they truly are.

Business is nothing more than a conversation:

Everything that lives, lives not alone, not for itself.

good manners are the lubricant of an organization.

colaborar para forjar una cultura en la que los estímulos y no la crítica, el liderazgo y no el victimismo, las ideas y no los chismes, y el amor y no el odio, ganen la partida.

It's the best five players that win the game, not the five best players.

the deeper your relationships, the more effective your leadership

You can accomplish anything in life, provided that you do not mind who gets the credit." Harry S. Truman

When spider webs unite, they tie up a lion.

I knew we were better together than we were alone, and better still than everyone else, and that was enough.

Durante más de doce años, Bruce Patton ha colaborado con nosotros en redactar y explicar todas las ideas de este libro. El año pasado se hizo cargo de la difícil tarea de volcar nuestro pensamiento conjunto en un texto con el que estuviéramos todos de acuerdo. Es un placer darle la bienvenida a Bruce, editor de la primera y coautor de esta segunda edición.

Be hard on the problem, soft on the people.

It is easy to forget sometimes that a negotiation is not a debate. Nor is it a trial.

The participants should come to see themselves as working side by side, attacking the problem, not each other. Hence the first proposition: Separate the people from the problem.

Recast an attack on you as an attack on the problem.

Break the vicious cycle by refusing to react. Instead of pushing back, sidestep their attack and deflect it against the problem. As in the Oriental martial arts of judo and jujitsu, avoid pitting your strength against theirs directly; instead, use your skill to step aside and turn their strength to your ends. Rather than resisting their force, channel it into exploring interests, inventing options for mutual gain, and searching for independent standards.

The soft negotiating game emphasizes the importance of building and maintaining a relationship.