Micromanaging Quotes

#1. Some children were lucky enough to have their Potter novels banned by witch-hunting school boards and micromanaging ministers. Is there any greater job than a book you're not allowed to read, a book you could go to hell for reading?

Ann Patchett

#2. This is a collaborative enterprise," she says. "You have to surround yourself with good people and help them to do what they do well, as opposed to micromanaging.

Robbie Myers

#3. Invariably, micromanaging results in four problems: deceit, disloyalty, conflict, and communication problems.

John Rosemond

#4. I want to really start focusing on what I want to accomplish and what it is I want to achieve, but not micromanaging this or that and focusing on the little things.

Ricky Williams

#5. We shouldn't have politicians micromanaging this war because it is complex and unconventional.

Bill Shuster

#6. We develop ulcers, high blood pressure, headaches, and other physical problems in part because our stress systems aren't designed to handle the "dangers" of our brave new world: computer crashes, micromanaging bosses, 12-way conference calls, and long commutes in rush-hour traffic.

Scott Berkun

#7. One of the things I'm adamant about as a bandleader is not micromanaging. I'm an advocate for the concept of allowing everyone to be fully vested in what they're doing, so everyone contributes whatever they're inspired to contribute.

Stefon Harris

#8. Team members need to feel trusted and valued, and micromanaging communicates the opposite. Founders who are prone to manage every detail of their businesses will ultimately kill themselves as well as lose the support of team members. Learn to delegate key tasks and give credit.

Martin Zwilling

#9. It's amazing how someone's IQ seems to double as soon as you give them responsibility and indicate that you trust them. The first month cost perhaps $200 more than if I had been micromanaging.

Timothy Ferriss

#10. I'm standing right in front of you and you can't even see me! -Quinn

Corrine Jackson

#11. Every writer needs two selves - the generative self and the editor self.

Mary Karr

#12. She has changed me in a way that I cannot explain. She has made me realize that sometimes things happen for a reason and not to push you back in life, but to move you forward to where you're truly meant to be.

Erika Taylor

#13. He was pale as salt. Although

Alice McDermott

#14. To go behind a man's hall-door is mean, cowardly, unfair opposition.

Victoria Woodhull

#15. If you're a fan of Shirley MacLaine just like I am, I'd kinda go anywhere to work with her.

Scott Bakula

#16. The only time they appear human is when you have a knife at their throats. The instant you remove it, they fall back into animality. Obscenity.

Jack Henry Abbott

#17. I'm not a singer. I'm a musician, which is different.

Tracie Bennett

#18. A small mind is obstinate. A great mind can lead and be led.

Alexander Cannon

#19. We cannot avoid this responsibility, this freedom.

Irvin D. Yalom

#20. The magnitude of discrimination and stigma faced by people with disability in Australia cannot be underestimated. People do not understand disability, and people fear what they don't understand.

Stella Young

#21. You cannot attack a servant without attacking his master.

Matshona Dhliwayo

#22. If you're a member of my family, whether immediate or extended, and you want to see my show, don't.

Chelsea Handler

#23. Your heart ... it's a very fragile muscle. You have to take care of it, be old-fashioned about it.

Anne-Marie Duff