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141 " achieving success requires some failures along the way. Don’t beat yourself up when those failures occur. "
― Chip Heath , Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard
142 " At this “insight” stage, it’s easy to get depressed, because insight doesn’t always strike immediately. "
143 " the first surprise about change: What looks like a people problem is often a situation problem. "
144 " The project often feels like a failure in the middle. But if the team persists through this valley of angst and doubt, it eventually emerges with a growing sense of momentum. Team members begin to test out their new designs, and they realize the improvements they’ve made, and they keep tweaking the design to make it better. And they come to realize, we’ve cracked this problem. That’s when the team reaches the peak of confidence. "
145 " If you’ve finished Switch and are hungry for more, visit the book’s website: heathbrothers.com "
146 " Switch podcast series. "
147 " to marry your long-term goal with short-term critical moves. "
148 " He inspired them to feel more determined, more ready, more motivated. And when you build people up in this way, they develop the strength to act. "
149 " The Happiness Hypothesis, by Jonathan Haidt "
150 " They are creating the expectation of failure. They are telling team members not to trust that initial flush of good feeling at the beginning of the project, because what comes next is hardship and toil and frustration. Yet, strangely enough, when they deliver this warning, it comes across as optimistic. "
151 " Mindset, by Carol Dweck "
152 " when people make choices, they tend to rely on one of two basic models of decision making: the consequences model or the identity model. The "
153 " First, there’s what we called the emotional side. It’s the part of you that is instinctive, that feels pain and pleasure. Second, there’s the rational side, also known as the reflective or conscious system. It’s the part of you that deliberates and analyzes and looks into the future. In the past "
154 " The growth mindset, then, is a buffer against defeatism. It reframes failure as a natural part of the change process. "
155 " The Heart of Change, by John Kotter and Dan Cohen [Business and organizational change]. "
156 " Mindless Eating, by Brian Wansink [Dieting "
157 " One Small Step Can Change Your Life, by Robert Maurer [Individual and organizational change]. If you liked the chapter on shrinking the change, this is your book. Maurer shows how small steps can lead to great change. "
158 " Pain now for a payoff later. "
159 " Divorce Busting, by Michele Weiner-Davis [Relationships]. Anyone in a relationship can benefit from this book by a practitioner of solutions-focused therapy. "
160 " Influencer, by Kerry Patterson "