By accessing or using this site you accept and agree to our Terms and Conditions
We run an ad-free website, help us keep going, Support Us!
Measure What Matters
John Doerr
Top 10 Best Quotes
“We must realize—and act on the realization—that if we try to focus on everything, we focus on nothing.”
“Meritocracy flourishes in sunlight.”
“If the heart doesn't find a perfect rhyme with the head, then your passion means nothing. The OKR framework cultivates the madness, the chemistry contained inside. It gives us an environment for risk, for trust, where falling is not a fireable offense- you know, a safe place to be yourself. And when you have that sort of structure and environment, and the right people, magic is around the corner.”
“Acute focus, open sharing, exacting measurement, a license to shoot for the moon—these are the hallmarks of modern goal science.”
“Transparency seeds collaboration”
“Innovation tends to dwell less at the center of an organization than at its edges”
“For anyone striving for high performance in the workplace, goals are very necessary things.”
“First, said Edwin Locke, “hard goals” drive performance more effectively than easy goals. Second, specific hard goals “produce a higher level of output” than vaguely worded ones.”
“As Stephen Covey noted, “If the ladder is not leaning against the right wall, every step we take just gets us to the wrong place faster.”
“Whenever a key result or objective becomes obsolete or impractical, feel free to end it midstream. There’s no need to hold stubbornly to an outdated projection—strike it from your list and move on. Our goals are servants to our purpose, not the other way around.”
Except where otherwise noted, all rights reserved to the author(s) of this book (mentioned above). The content of this page serves as promotional material only. If you enjoyed these quotes, you can support the author(s) by acquiring the full book from Amazon.
Book Keywords:
goal-setting, passion, okr, head, magic, bono, rhyme, heart