1. Marcus Buckingham: The One Thing You Need to Know

2. No matter what the situation, [the great managers] first response is always to think about the individual concerned and how things can be arranged to help that individual experience success. Marcus Buckingham, The One Thing You Need to Know

3. The key difference between checkers and chess is that in checkers the pieces all move the same way, whereas in chess all the pieces move differently. … Discover what is unique about each person and capitalize on it. Marcus Buckingham, The One Thing You Need to Know

4. The mediocre manager believes that most things are learnable and therefore that the essence of management is to identify each persons weaker areas and eradicate them. The great manager believes the opposite. He believes that the most influential qualities of a person are innate and therefore that the essence of management is to deploy these innate qualities as effectively as possible and so drive performance. Marcus Buckingham, The One Thing You Need to Know

5. I dont know what the final number will be, but it will be more than we can bear. Rudy Giuliani (from Marcus Buckingham, The One Thing You Need to Know)

6. Sustained success means making the greatest possible impact over the longest period of time. Marcus Buckingham, The One Thing You Need to Know

7. Discover what you dont like doing and stop doing it. Marcus Buckingham, The One Thing You Need to Know

8. Whenever you become aware of some aspect you dislike, do not try to work through it. Do not chalk it up to the realities of life. Do not put up with it. Instead, cut it out of your life as fast as you can. Eradicate it. Marcus Buckingham, The One Thing You Need to Know

9. The one thing you need to know about sustained individual success: Discover what you dont like doing and stop doing it. Marcus Buckingham, The One Thing You Need to Know

10. It is always showtime. David DAlessandro, Career Warfare (from Marcus Buckingham, The One Thing You Need to Know)