“Whether or not [the company] maximizes resources, that's the job of the leader. How do I get greater results using less resources? That requires an enormous psychology when the economy is changing, the technology is changing, and the competition is worldwide.” JobsResultsCompanyLeaderTechnologyEconomyPsychologyGreaterResourcesCompetitionEnormous Author:Tony Robbins
“To understand most important ideas in psychology, you need to understand how the mind is divided into parts that sometimes conflict. We assume that there is one person in each body, but in some ways we are each more like a committee whose members have been thrown together to do a job, but who often find themselves working at cross purposes.” WayNeedsMindPersonsHas BeensImportantIdeasSometimesBodyTogetherJobsPurposePsychologyConflictMembersCrossesAssumingThrownDividedCommittees Author:Jonathan Haidt
“The psychology for the person who's actually doing it is completely different. I think I probably needed to put that [hired-hand] psychology in my own head to be able to do the job. Otherwise it would just be too scary. People outside make it much bigger than me. I'm not saying in my head, "Oh, my god, what an amazing idea!" It scares me if I would do that.” PeopleIfsThinkingPersonsIdeasDifferentHandsAbleJobsMy OwnPsychologyNeededBiggerScaryScareScary People Author:Raf Simons
“Our job with our digestion is to absorb nutrients and eliminate waste, and to not dwell on the waste - which is my issue with some of the pop American psychology masquerading as Yoga, by the way.” WayJobsIssuesPsychologyWasteYogaPopsDigestionNutrients Author:Gary Kraftsow
“Bad architecture is in the end as much a failure of psychology as of design. It is an example expressed through materials of the same tendencies which in other domains will lead us to marry the wrong people, choose inappropriate jobs and book unsuccessful holidays: the tendency not to understand who we are and what will satisfy us.” PeopleBookEndsJobsPsychologyExampleDesignMaterialsArchitectureTendenciesWho We AreHolidayDomainInappropriateUnsuccessful Author:Alain de Botton
“Society attacks early, when the individual is helpless. It enslaves him almost before he has tasted freedom. The 'ologies' will tell you how its done Theology calls it building a conscience or developing a spirit of selflessness. Psychology calls it the growth of the superego. Considering how long society has been at it, you'd expect a better job. But the campaigns have been badly planned and the victory has never been secured.” LongHas BeensDoneJobsSpiritIndividualGrowthPsychologyBuildingVictoryConscienceCampaignsTheologyDevelopingHelplessConsideringSelflessnessSecuredBetter JobsSuperego Author:B. F. Skinner
“Even when there are adverse circumstances, I try to do my job. And I usually do.” TryingJobsSportsPsychologyCircumstancesBasketballAdverseSports Psychology Author:Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
“All I know is I have a job here as long as I win.” KnowsLongJobsWinningSportsPsychologySports Psychology Author:Toe Blake
“I'm conscious of race whenever I'm writing, just as I'm conscious of class, religion, human psychology, politics — everything that makes up the human experience. I don't think I can do a good job if I'm not paying attention to what's meaningful to people, and in American culture, there isn't anything that informs human interaction more than the idea of race.” PeopleIfsThinkingWritingHumansI CanIdeasJobsCultureCan DoRaceAttentionClassPsychologyConsciousMeaningfulPay AttentionInteractionGood JobHuman ExperienceAmerican Culture Author:Dwayne McDuffie