Fernando Flores Quotes

Chile, Politician
January 9, 1943

Carlos Fernando Flores Labra (born January 9, 1943) is a Chilean engineer, entrepreneur and politician. He is a former cabinet minister of president Salvador Allende and was senator for the Arica and Parinacota and Tarapacá regions between 2001 and 2009. On March 31, 2010, he was designated President of Chile's National Innovation Council for Competitiveness by President Sebastián Piñera.

Also known as Philosopher, Economist, Engineer, Entrepreneur

A feel-good style can be a symptom of unawareness or lack of caring.

Fernando Flores
- Good
- Style
- Caring
Our worst comes out when we behave like robots or professionals.

Fernando Flores
- Like
- Worst
- Robots

When trust improves, the mood improves.

Fernando Flores
- Trust
- Mood
- Improves
You have to be able to risk your identity for a bigger future than the present you are living.

Fernando Flores
- Future
- Present
- Risk
I never blamed Pinochet, or my torturers, or external circumstances.

Fernando Flores
But every company of the future is going to be in the business of exquisite care - which means quick turnaround time and convenience. To deliver exquisite care, you need an organization that coordinates well and listens well.

Fernando Flores
- Time
- Business
- Future
That's why we're doing this, to defend our traditions a little. I don't have anything against it (Halloween), but it's not our tradition.

Fernando Flores
- Why
- Doing
- Tradition
You have one big mythology in your favor: Everyone believes that you Europeans are impeccable. But I know you are jerks.

Fernando Flores
- Know
- Everyone
- Mythology

Hope is the raw material of losers.

Fernando Flores
- Hope
- Material
- Losers
I never told a victim story about my imprisonment. Instead, I told a transformation story - about how prison changed my outlook, about how I saw that communication, truth, and trust are at the heart of power.

Fernando Flores
- Heart
- Power
- Truth
I made my own assessment of my life, and I began to live it. That was freedom.

Fernando Flores
- Life
- Live
- Freedom
Great work is done by people who are not afraid to be great.

Fernando Flores
- People
- Work
- Great
Our best comes out when we have honest discussions.

Fernando Flores
- Best
- Honest
- Discussions
When I left prison, I had to figure out how to embrace my past.

Fernando Flores
- Past
- Prison
- Embrace