“Fate is the hand of cards we’ve been dealt. Choice is how we play the hand.”
―
Marshall Goldsmith,
Triggers: Creating Behavior That Lasts--Becoming the Person You Want to Be
“getting mad at people for being who they are makes as much sense as getting mad at a chair for being a chair.” ― Marshall Goldsmith, Triggers: Creating Behavior That Lasts--Becoming the Person You Want to Be
“Successful people become great leaders when they learn to shift the focus from themselves to others.” ― Marshall Goldsmith, What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful
“Mojo” is, “That positive spirit toward what we are doing now, that starts from the inside and radiates to the outside” ― Marshall Goldsmith, Mojo: How to Get It, How to Keep It, How to Get It Back If You Lose It
“People who believe they can succeed see opportunities where others see threats.” ― Marshall Goldsmith, What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful
“If we do not create and control our environment, our environment creates and controls us.” ― Marshall Goldsmith, Triggers: Creating Behavior That Lasts--Becoming the Person You Want to Be
“A leader who cannot shoulder the blame is not someone we will follow blindly into battle. We instinctively question that individual’s character, dependability, and loyalty to us. And so we hold back on our loyalty to him or her.” ― Marshall Goldsmith, What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful
“Never wrestle with a pig—because you both get dirty but the pig loves it” ― Marshall Goldsmith, Triggers: Sparking positive change and making it last
“Peter Drucker, who said, “Our mission in life should be to make a positive difference, not to prove how smart or right we are.” ― Marshall Goldsmith, Triggers: Sparking positive change and making it last
“People will do something—including changing their behavior—only if it can be demonstrated that doing so is in their own best interests as defined by their own values.” ― Marshall Goldsmith, What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful
“Just because people understand what to do doesn’t ensure that they will actually do it.” ― Marshall Goldsmith, Triggers: Creating Behavior That Lasts--Becoming the Person You Want to Be
“We spend a lot of time teaching leaders what to do. We don’t spend enough time teaching leaders what to stop. Half the leaders I have met don’t need to learn what to do. They need to learn what to stop.” ― Marshall Goldsmith, What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful
“This leads us to the strengths of being less than confident. Confidence makes it very hard for us to learn and improve. When we think we know all the answers, we stop looking for them. Marshall Goldsmith says, “Although our self-confident delusions can help us achieve, they can make it difficult for us to change.” When” ― Eric Barker, Barking Up the Wrong Tree: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Success Is (Mostly) Wrong
“inside each of us are two separate personas. There’s the leader/planner/manager who plans to change his or her ways. And there’s the follower/doer/employee who must execute the plan.” ― Marshall Goldsmith, Triggers: Creating Behavior That Lasts--Becoming the Person You Want to Be
“If we do not create and control our environment, our environment creates and controls us. —Dr. Marshall Goldsmith” ― Benjamin Hardy, Willpower Doesn't Work: Discover the Hidden Keys to Success
“To avoid undesirable behavior, avoid the environments where it is most likely to occur.” ― Marshall Goldsmith, Triggers: Creating Behavior That Lasts--Becoming the Person You Want to Be
“When we presume that we are better than people who need structure and guidance, we lack one of the most crucial ingredients for change: humility.” ― Marshall Goldsmith, Triggers: Sparking positive change and making it last
“The more aware we are, the less likely any trigger, even in the most mundane circumstances, will prompt hasty unthinking behavior that leads to undesirable consequences.” ― Marshall Goldsmith, Triggers: Creating Behavior That Lasts--Becoming the Person You Want to Be
“Overcommitment can be as serious an obstacle to change as believing that you don’t need fixing or that your flaws are part of the reason you’re successful.” ― Marshall Goldsmith, What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful
“getting mad at people for being who they are makes as much sense as getting mad at a chair for being a chair.” ― Marshall Goldsmith, Triggers: Creating Behavior That Lasts--Becoming the Person You Want to Be
“Successful people become great leaders when they learn to shift the focus from themselves to others.” ― Marshall Goldsmith, What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful
“Mojo” is, “That positive spirit toward what we are doing now, that starts from the inside and radiates to the outside” ― Marshall Goldsmith, Mojo: How to Get It, How to Keep It, How to Get It Back If You Lose It
“People who believe they can succeed see opportunities where others see threats.” ― Marshall Goldsmith, What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful
“If we do not create and control our environment, our environment creates and controls us.” ― Marshall Goldsmith, Triggers: Creating Behavior That Lasts--Becoming the Person You Want to Be
“A leader who cannot shoulder the blame is not someone we will follow blindly into battle. We instinctively question that individual’s character, dependability, and loyalty to us. And so we hold back on our loyalty to him or her.” ― Marshall Goldsmith, What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful
“Never wrestle with a pig—because you both get dirty but the pig loves it” ― Marshall Goldsmith, Triggers: Sparking positive change and making it last
“Peter Drucker, who said, “Our mission in life should be to make a positive difference, not to prove how smart or right we are.” ― Marshall Goldsmith, Triggers: Sparking positive change and making it last
“People will do something—including changing their behavior—only if it can be demonstrated that doing so is in their own best interests as defined by their own values.” ― Marshall Goldsmith, What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful
“Just because people understand what to do doesn’t ensure that they will actually do it.” ― Marshall Goldsmith, Triggers: Creating Behavior That Lasts--Becoming the Person You Want to Be
“We spend a lot of time teaching leaders what to do. We don’t spend enough time teaching leaders what to stop. Half the leaders I have met don’t need to learn what to do. They need to learn what to stop.” ― Marshall Goldsmith, What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful
“This leads us to the strengths of being less than confident. Confidence makes it very hard for us to learn and improve. When we think we know all the answers, we stop looking for them. Marshall Goldsmith says, “Although our self-confident delusions can help us achieve, they can make it difficult for us to change.” When” ― Eric Barker, Barking Up the Wrong Tree: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Success Is (Mostly) Wrong
“inside each of us are two separate personas. There’s the leader/planner/manager who plans to change his or her ways. And there’s the follower/doer/employee who must execute the plan.” ― Marshall Goldsmith, Triggers: Creating Behavior That Lasts--Becoming the Person You Want to Be
“If we do not create and control our environment, our environment creates and controls us. —Dr. Marshall Goldsmith” ― Benjamin Hardy, Willpower Doesn't Work: Discover the Hidden Keys to Success
“To avoid undesirable behavior, avoid the environments where it is most likely to occur.” ― Marshall Goldsmith, Triggers: Creating Behavior That Lasts--Becoming the Person You Want to Be
“When we presume that we are better than people who need structure and guidance, we lack one of the most crucial ingredients for change: humility.” ― Marshall Goldsmith, Triggers: Sparking positive change and making it last
“The more aware we are, the less likely any trigger, even in the most mundane circumstances, will prompt hasty unthinking behavior that leads to undesirable consequences.” ― Marshall Goldsmith, Triggers: Creating Behavior That Lasts--Becoming the Person You Want to Be
“Overcommitment can be as serious an obstacle to change as believing that you don’t need fixing or that your flaws are part of the reason you’re successful.” ― Marshall Goldsmith, What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful
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