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"If someone's performance is down we do not say, 'Hey pick up your things here.' We do not yell and scream at them, we say, 'Are you okay?' The idea of putting our financials goal aside for one minute to express empathy for the human being for that work and saying, 'Are you okay?' That is part of the sacrifice."
"Leaders, whatever the size of their organizations, are those willing to put the interests of other people before their own."
"Bad leaders believe that they have to project control at all times."
"Leave America and you'll find that the consumers in many other countries enjoy watching advertising. Not because the products are better, but because the ads are produced to be entertaining. Sometimes they are funny. Sometimes they are dramatic. Sometimes they are just beautiful."
"Money is a short-term result that incentivizes short-term decision making."
"We can't all be good at everything. This is partly the logic behind having a team in the first place, so each role can be filled with the person best suited for that role and together, every job and every strength is covered."
"Start with why. And work really hard to make sure you're consistent."
"I'm very prescriptive about who I work with."
"The leader's job is to lead and protect. Not have all the answers, not know everything to do, not to micromanage and tell people what to do or how to do it. A leader's job is to lead and protect. That's their job, and it's the people within the organization - their job is to get the work done."
"Good marketing speaks to human beings - the way human beings understand and take in information."
"The value of emotions comes from sharing them, not just having them."
"It's ok if others share our ideas as long as they build upon them. It's called progress."
"Courage isn't inside; it's external. It comes from someone else telling you they believe in you."
"All organizations start with WHY, but only the great ones keep their WHY clear year after year. Those who forget WHY they were founded show up to the race every day to outdo someone else instead of to outdo themselves. The pursuit, for those who lose sight of WHY they are running the race, is for the medal or to beat someone else."
"It is a luxury to put our interests first. It is an honor to put the interests of others before our own."
"A good leader takes care of those in their charge. A bad leader takes charge of those in their care."
"We all have the luxury of looking out for ourselves. Leaders also have the honor of looking out for others."
"Taking a job for the cash is not as important as taking a job for the joy."
"I like stories of the classic hero, of good versus evil, the ones in which the good guys wear white and the bad guys wear black... and I love a good sword fight."
"Purpose does not need to involve calculations or numbers. Purpose is about the quality of life. Purpose is human, not economic."