150 Quotes About Great-work

Conversations with people we don’t usually talk to lead to ideas we wouldn’t think of on our own.

Change is the catalyst of life and, likewise, the catalyst for all great work.

Grade A objectivity won’t come from those who are closest to us. It will come from outsiders. That’s where we’ll find divergent thinking, unexpected questions, novel ideas, differences of opinion, and added expertise.

When we engage people in conversations about great work, we’re not asking them to solve a problem for us. We’re not selling something, nor are we asking for some kind of handout. What we’re really doing is inviting them to participate with us in the shared enjoyment of making a difference.

People who deliver unexpected value don’t just go around improving things willy-nilly every time an idea pops into their heads. They look before they leap. They think before they do…. They create changes mentally before they create them for real.

People who job-craft don’t just reshape their jobs to make life better for themselves, but to serve others in some beneficial way.” – Jane Dutton, PhD

It’s natural to feel limited by the constraints of our jobs from time to time. But rather than seeing those constraints as limitations, we can see them as a starting point for making a difference. And when we look at constraints that way, life gets interesting.

Instead of jumping right in to accomplish whatever task [is] assigned, difference makers pause – to ask the right question.

It doesn’t take any special training to ask the right question. Nor does it require a high IQ. The only real resource required to ask what people might love is time.