People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

The good rain like a bad preacher, does not know when to leave off.

If wemanage conflict constructively, we harness its energy for creativity and development.

A roundegg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harshaccording to how you speak them.

A goodmanager doesn't try to eliminate conflict; he tries to keep it from wastingthe energies of his people. If you're the boss and your people fight youopenly when they think that you are wrong that's healthy.

Conflictinvolves incompatible behaviors rather than competitive goals.

Earnest people are often people who habitually look on the serious side of things that have no serious side

Theharder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

Don'tjudge a book by its cover.

Analysis kills spontaneity.The grain once ground to floor,springs and germinates no more.

When weblame, we give away our power.

Another form of wastefulness is expenditure of words beyond the income of ideas.