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“We overestimate the damage done by procrastinating for a day and underestimate the damage done by procrastinating for several years.”

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“A human being in a highly technicized productive unit is simply not allowed to be spontaneous. It just interferes with the plan laid down in advance by the engineers and technicians who decide how he should work, and in this way he, the human being, is profoundly diminished, because he is not permitted to be spontaneous.”

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“Quality over quantity. I take this even more seriously now by not over-exhausting myself with my work. Better results have occurred this way.”

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“Don't expect to change your work environment overnight. But if you make a diligent effort to practice compassionate communication, both with yourself and with your colleagues, you're taking steps in the right direction, and that is good enough.”

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“Americans have a reputation for waiting until the crisis strikes before they spit on their hands and get to work.”

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“Were all superfluities and the desire of outward greatness laid aside and the right use of things universally attended to, such a number of people might be employed in things useful that moderate labor with the blessing of heaven would answer all good purposes relating to people and their animals, and a sufficient number have leisure to attend on proper affairs of civil society.”

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Source: The Definitive Guide to Thriving on Disruption: Volume IV - Disruption as a Springboard to Value Creation