Marshall Goldsmith Quotes
Successful people become great leaders when they learn to shift the focus from themselves to others.
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I simply can't do one-word message replies: Yes. Ok. No. Sure. Cool. None of these are options for me. I must write something extra. Something personal. I put kisses and emoticons. Emoticons, by the way, are my very best friends. They have removed all the pressure of thinking up something personal to say.
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The ghastly thing about being a producer is that, once the curtain goes up, there is nothing you can do. At least when you are in it, you have some measure of control. If something goes wrong, you can maybe put it right. When you are in the audience, there is nothing you can do.
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To win in Australia, for me, has to be the ultimate success because the Aussies live for sport.
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I started playing badminton when I was probably of eight years and ever since have been playing. I didn't go to university.
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Tragedy is like strong acid - it dissolves away all but the very gold of truth.
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Like the old Italian saying goes, 'It ain't rocket surgery.'
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None are more taken in by flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not.
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It was a labor of love and they did really well.
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I put my thoughts in a book, which must mean I don't want anyone to read them.
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I usually have more than one thing I'm working on at once - I've been working on three different novels. When I get stuck on one, I hop back and forth.
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In 1921, Harry Houdini started his own film company called - wait for it - the Houdini Picture Corporation.
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When you feel stuck in a hard time, jump-start a pro-change attitude by letting go of possessions that no longer work for you - like old clothes and old shoes.
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I'm the kind of person who'll have a few drinks and fall asleep at 11.
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If India has to achieve exponential growth, it would have to be on the back of strong growth in the manufacturing sector.
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I know of some guitar-based rock bands that refuse to record anything that they can't play live. But some of the best stuff I come up with are studio-based performances - bringing out whatever accident I had in the studio and building a song around that.
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You do indeed have a past, but not now! And, yes, you have a future, but not now! You can consume your now with thoughts of 'then' and 'maybe,' but that will keep you from the inner peace you could experience.
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Facebook now is mostly about people you know. In the future it could be about people you know less but are more important.
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As I began to take risks, leaving my very comfortable and secure job and taking this first leap into fashion, every subsequent risk became easier to take because I began to see the kind of opportunity and excitement that risk-taking offered.
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I'm a watch guy - to me, they symbolize hard work and determination.
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My biggest complaint with tights is that they do not accommodate skinny-ankled people like myself.
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Also, the more you're not focused on showbiz and instead focused on life, learning about other people, and keeping your eyes open and trying to be aware of the world.
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This is the point being missed by readers who lament Liquor's lack of hot sex scenes, probably because they aren't old enough to understand that a passionate relationship could be about anything other than sex.
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We had a booming stock market in 1929 and then went into the world's greatest depression. We have a booming stock market in 1999. Will the bubble somehow burst, and then we enter depression? Well, some things are not different.
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Successful people become great leaders when they learn to shift the focus from themselves to others.
