Adam M. Grant, Originals: How Non-Conformists Move The World Quotes

The prospect of a certain loss brings the go system online.

When we're determined to reach an objective, it's the gap between where we are and where we aspire to be that lights a fire under us.

Without a sense of urgency, people ... won't make needed sacrafices. Instead they cling to the status quo and resist.' - Quoting John Kotter

... superb presentations - start by establishing "what is: here's the status quo." Then, they "compare that to what could be, " making "that gap as big as possible" - Quoting Nancy Duarte

Instead of courage' management guru Tom Peters recommends fostering 'a level of fury with the status quo such that one cannot not act.

The first follower is what transforms a lone nut into a leader." - Quoting Derek Sivers