Daniel Lubetzky Quotes
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I try hard to always question myself and wonder, 'What could I have done better? What did I do wrong?' The culture at our company is to be self-critical, but you have to balance that as a leader with praise for your team.
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Why stick to just prose or just music or just newspaper or just video? Why not create new models for information that combine elements of them all?
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When I was a kid, we'd go to the movies, and my parents would reach out to everyone around us in the theater, most of whom could barely afford the movie ticket. They'd hand out popcorn and Milk Duds, strike up conversations with them, lend shoulders to cry on, learn their names, and smile at everyone.
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Transparency is one of our core principles, We treat the food with integrity. We don't commodify it beyond recognition.
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I grew up in Mexico until I was 16, and then we moved to San Antonio because my dad's business was headquartered there.
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As a society, we're failing to recognize something my dad knew to be true - that kindness is the greatest show of strength. Too often, we are led to believe that strength is best demonstrated by exerting dominance or superiority over others, while kindness is portrayed as the opposite - a sign of weakness.
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For me, work is both a hobby and a passion. And sometimes an obsession.
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Israel, for me, represents so much more than a nation. It's a very idealized example for the world. It's not just a nation that needs to be strong, secure, and safe. For me, for the sake of humanity, Israel needs to be a light that is an example to all nations.
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Everyone that is not an ultra-conservative recognizes the irony of FOX's 'Fair and Balanced' moniker, which only accentuates its actual bias.
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We're all human, and part of being human is showing respect and support for others' life choices.
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At KIND, our purpose is to spark kindness.
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Even though people do not traditionally think of being empathetic as a business skill, it can create enormous value.
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We need to understand the other side to impact the other side. We become much more effective as humans and leaders when we engage in hearty conversations with those who are different from us, not necessarily to change our opinions, but to build the empathy muscle.
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We don't come up with product names like 'Cookie Sugar a la Mode.' We made a commitment that our brand is straightforward.
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The truth is that a campaign defines how the electorate will see their president - and this all the more true when shaping the president's image in the eyes of the largest constituency that will actually not vote for them: the international community.
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Russia and China have maintained that people prize stability over freedom and that as long as the central State creates conditions for economic growth, people will be complacent and will be willing to literally sell away their rights. In fact, this very economic growth will eventually catch up with these regimes.
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While domestically the president may be able to somewhat reshape his/her image through defining moments and actions, this is far less feasible internationally.
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The advent of Kindle, the iPad, and other portable reading devices has so far simply resulted in turning analog print into digital print while keeping the same linear prose format.
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For me, empathy is an existential question - it's about the survival of the human race. That is, it's imperative for us to overcome the challenges we face.
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It doesn't matter who you are or where you come from - there's no substitute for hard work.
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One of the magical things about kindness is that it's what we nerds call a 'happiness aggregator.' People confuse kindness with being nice. And they're very different. You can be nice and be passive. But kindness requires action.
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Longer distances yield local media coverage that tends to be more one-dimensional and absolute, less nuanced, and more sporadic.
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When I was 26, I founded Peaceworks as a food company that brought together Israelis, Arabs, Turks, and others in conflict regions to make and sell various food products from the Middle East. That economic cooperation helped bridge divides and cultivate mutual understanding among neighbors.
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We don't always know exactly what we're doing as parents. Children don't come with instruction manuals, as the saying goes. So it's important to me that I always question the choices I'm making as a father, to really stay alert and open to the balance between being too hard or too soft.