Author: Marshall Goldsmith

Quotes

Life is short. Do whatever you can to help people - not for status, but because the 95-year-old you will be proud if you did help people and disappointed if you didn't.

Life is short. Do whatever you can to help people - not for status, but because the 95-year-old you will be proud if you did help people and disappointed if you didn't.

- Marshall Goldsmith

To me, the #1 key to success is 'creating lasting positive change in yourself and others.' That is what is most rare, most difficult, and most valuable about leading people.

To me, the #1 key to success is 'creating lasting positive change in yourself and others.' That is what is most rare, most difficult, and most valuable about leading people.

- Marshall Goldsmith

Coaching works best with high potential people who are willing to make a concerted effort to change, not as a religious conversion activity.

Coaching works best with high potential people who are willing to make a concerted effort to change, not as a religious conversion activity.

- Marshall Goldsmith

When we presume that we are better than people who need structure and guidance, we lack one of the most crucial ingredients for change: humility.

When we presume that we are better than people who need structure and guidance, we lack one of the most crucial ingredients for change: humility.

- Marshall Goldsmith

A leader who is self-aware enough to know that he or she is not adept at everything is one who has taken the first step toward being a great leader.

A leader who is self-aware enough to know that he or she is not adept at everything is one who has taken the first step toward being a great leader.

- Marshall Goldsmith

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