Best quotes by Marshall Goldsmith on People

Checkout quotes by Marshall Goldsmith on People

• ‟ It can be more productive to help people learn to be 'right' than prove they were 'wrong.'

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• ‟ I do three things: speaking or teaching, which I enjoy the most, coaching is where I learn everything, and writing is where I reach people.

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• ‟ One of the most dysfunctional beliefs of successful people is our contempt for simplicity and structure. We believe that we are above needing structure to help us on seemingly simple tasks.

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• ‟ An excuse is the handy explanation we offer when we disappoint other people.

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• ‟ We deify willpower and self-control - and mock its absence. People who achieve through remarkable willpower are 'strong' and 'heroic.' People who need help or structure are 'weak.' This is crazy - because few of us can accurately gauge or predict our willpower.

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• ‟ Life is short. Do whatever you can to help people - not for status, but because the 95-year-old you will be proud if you did help people and disappointed if you didn't.

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• ‟ The only thing I don't think people don't understand about good leaders is that they're both good and lucky. A lot of it is timing.

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• ‟ It's not appropriate to pass judgment when we specifically ask people to voice their opinions... even if you ask a question and agree with the answer.

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• ‟ When you say, 'I'm sorry,' you turn people into your allies, even your partners.

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• ‟ One of the greatest mistakes of successful people is the assumption, 'I behave this way, and I achieve results. Therefore, I must be achieving results because I behave this way.' This belief is sometimes true, but not across the board.

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