David Maister Quotes

If your clients aren't actively telling their friends about you, maybe your work isn't as great as you think it is.

David Maister

• Great
• Friends
• Clients

Your task as a leader is to help others to succeed, not to strive only for your own success. If I don't trust your motives, nothing else will matter -because my primary concern is your integrity.

David Maister

• Success
• Matter
• Leader

Truly visionary and successful companies have discovered that there is no conflict between the pursuit of profit and having a pursuit beyond profit.

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• Conflict
• Discovered
• Profit

I will accept your influence, guidance and direction if (and only if) I believe that you and I share similar goals.

David Maister

• Believe
• Goals
• Accept

Believe passionately in what you do, and never knowingly compromise your standards and values. Act like a true professional, aiming for true excellence, and the money will follow.

David Maister

• Money
• Professional
• Excellence

More than any other factor, it is the people we have to deal with that determine the quality of our work lives.

David Maister

• Work
• More
• Deal

What you do with your billable time determines your current income, but what you do with your non-billable time determines your future.

David Maister

• Future
• Income
• Determines

Professional is not a label you give yourself - it's a description you hope others will apply to you.

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• Professional
• Description
• Label

Focus on being the best you can at what you want to do.

David Maister

• Want
• Focus
• Best

Success comes from doing what you enjoy. If you don't enjoy it, how can it be called success?

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• Success
• Enjoy
• Called