Quotes about "Success & Achievement"

But I think Steve's main contribution besides just the pure leadership is his passion for excellence. He's a perfectionist. Good enough isn't good enough. And also his creative spirit. You know he really, really wants to do something great. ”

I don't really think in terms of goals. ”

Confrontation is something that I accept as part of the project though not its purpose. ”

The hardest thing in leadership is managing your own psychology, and yet it's also the least talked about. ”

Passion provides purpose, but data drives decisions. ”

You don't think, when you start a company as the founding CEO, that if your venture actually works, you end up with three jobs: founder, CEO, and chair of the board. The first eight years at Bonobos, I have learned a lot about the tension between the first two. It didn't even occur to me that I had the third job until much later. ”

It seems like a gross waste of time to continue our career predicated on the idea that we're going to divide opinion. What's more important is just doing something that you love. ”

Birmingham did a truly remarkable thing in building Symphony Hall, which is the finest concert hall in the U.K. and one of the best in the world. The city has supported music without putting on the brakes. ”

For me, the main goal is loving music and experiencing the great music-making with the orchestra, which is the great reason why I conduct, and that is the main goal. ”

I lost an apartment. l became homeless for 11 months and squatted in a building on Sullivan Street in lower Manhattan. ”