Christine Comaford Quotes

United States, Businesswoman
1962

Christine Comaford is a businesswoman, author and serial entrepreneur. She has founded and sold five businesses including Artemis Ventures and First Professional Bank, which was acquired by Union Bank. Comaford has been a board member for more than 36 start-ups and has invested in over 200 companies.

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An MBA doesn’t impress me. A GSD does. GSD = Gets Stuff Done.

Christine Comaford
There are five types of communication: Information sharing Requests Promises Sharing of oneself Debating, decision making, or point proving Yet only two drive results: requests and promises.

Christine Comaford

When it comes to success in business, an MBA degree is optional. But a GSD, which is only earned by Getting Stuff Done, is required.

Christine Comaford
I talked about how an MBA is optional but a GSD (Get Stuff Done) is essential.

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- Essential
- Optional
- MBA
The more we can address an issue the moment we perceive it, the calmer and more present we are, and the easier it is for others to follow our lead.

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- Present
- Issue
- Perceive
True leadership inspires people with vision. Vision pulls people not only to take action but also to care about the outcome, to take personal ownership of it, and to bring their “A game” every day.

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- Action
- Care
- Vision
One extra benefit to remember: safety + belonging + mattering = trust.

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- Trust
- Safety
- Benefit
Stillness is where the answers to many of our questions come from.

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- Answers
- Come
- Stillness

Since fear is mostly about ignorance, the best part is that it's as temporary as you choose.

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- Fear
- Ignorance
- Choose
Networking is marketing. Marketing yourself, marketing your uniqueness, marketing what you stand for.

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- Marketing
- Networking
We’ll start with the assumption that we all want to be effective, both within the organization and within ourselves. And let’s define effective as creating the results we want long-term and with sustainability. To be effective, we need to be clear about our mission, vision, and values.

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- Need
- Values
- To Be