Don't write a book, write a page... Don't expect to be a great manager in your first six months, just try to set expectations well. - Peter Bregman
1. Leverage your strengths. 2. Embrace your weaknesses. 3. Assert your differences. 4. Pursue your passions. - Peter Bregman
Anyone can do anything as long as three conditions exist: 1. You want to achieve it. 2. You believe you can achieve it. 3. You enjoy trying to achieve it. - Peter Bregman
Don’t settle for being less than you are. It won’t serve others and it won’t serve you. - Peter Bregman
Each morning, I ask myself some questions: Am I prepared for this day? Prepared to make it a successful, productive day? Have I thought about it? Planned for it? Anticipated the risks that might take me off track? Will my plan for this day keep me focused. - Peter Bregman
If you believe your talent grows with persistence and effort, then you seek failure as an opportunity to improve. People with a growth mind-set feel smart when they’re learning, not when they’re flawless. - Peter Bregman
If you have a growth mind-set, then you use your failures to improve. If you have a fixed mind-set, you may never fail, but neither do you learn or grow. - Peter Bregman
Knowing what outcome you want will enable you to focus on what matters and escape the whirlwind of activity that too often leads nowhere fast. - Peter Bregman
Plan your day ahead so you can fly through it, successfully maneuvering and moving toward your intended destination. - Peter Bregman
To get the right things done, choosing what to ignore is as important as choosing where to focus. - Peter Bregman
Who among us does not move through life with the hidden sense, maybe even quiet desperation, that we are destined for more? - Peter Bregman
Being bored is a precious thing, a state of mind we should pursue. Once boredom sets in, our minds begin to wander, looking for something exciting, something interesting, to land on. And that’s where creativity arises. - Peter Bregman