Everyone in a high functioning organisation is simultaneously a teacher and a student. They will have been taught by others, and will be teaching others.
— Stephen SchwarzmanCo-Founder & CEO of Blackstone, Global Investment Powerhouse
“Everyone experiences some form of trauma. Many people are unaware that being bullied, constantly criticised, or neglected can also be forms of trauma. There's a growing recognition of these repeated relational injuries—being ignored or growing up in a dysfunctional family where excessive drinking or overworking occurs, neglecting one's emotional needs.”— Frank Anderson
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I've always felt negotiation is pretty-easy. You have to look at any situation from the perspective of all sides, and find a zone of fairness in between.
— Stephen SchwarzmanCo-Founder & CEO of Blackstone, Global Investment Powerhouse
Excellence is almost a tactile feeling – and it starts with a vision… sometimes a vision that shows you a path that's so good that it cannot not succeed.
— Stephen SchwarzmanCo-Founder & CEO of Blackstone, Global Investment Powerhouse
Everyone says, 'oh it's fine to make mistakes, it's fine to do things wrong'. But actually? making that true is really difficult.
— Sheryl SandbergCOO of Facebook & Author of "Lean In
Adversity is happening all around us at the individual level, it's happening at a company level, it's happening at industry levels; and we can either face it and learn from it or we can pretend it's not happening. And I think that is the key.
— Sheryl SandbergCOO of Facebook & Author of "Lean In
Resilience is the responsibility and opportunity of the community.
— Sheryl SandbergCOO of Facebook & Author of "Lean In
We have to stop pretending that there's no adversity, or that we can't do anything about the adversity we face. We need to fix the culture of silence and ignorance surrounding bias and adversity.
— Sheryl SandbergCOO of Facebook & Author of "Lean In
In order to fix bias you have to admit to them, you have to admit they exist and bring them out of the shadows. Then you can call them out.
— Sheryl SandbergCOO of Facebook & Author of "Lean In
Resilience is not a muscle we're born with, it's something we have to build and believe in over time. We should never ask ourselves how much resilience we have, but rather how much we can build, and how we can build it into ourselves, our friends, and the people around us.
— Sheryl SandbergCOO of Facebook & Author of "Lean In
We've created a reflex for paternalism whereby a donor looks upon the recipients of large assets with an attitude akin to saying 'well, you need me don't you... here I am... take what I have regardless of what you want and need.' There's also a kind of overambition about what money alone can achieve.
— Abigail DisneyDocumentary Filmmaker & Philanthropist, Walt Disney's Great-Granddaughter
Even if I had all the money in the world, no problem worth fixing can be solved in my lifetime. The best I can do is to be part of the process, and to help the world figure it out.
— Abigail DisneyDocumentary Filmmaker & Philanthropist, Walt Disney's Great-Granddaughter
You create change in other people when you're totally honest, transparent, and authentic. When you show people who you really are, with all your flaws, with all your vulnerabilities...it moves them. People would come up to me crying and thanking me for telling the truth.
— Abigail DisneyDocumentary Filmmaker & Philanthropist, Walt Disney's Great-Granddaughter
Imagine Martin Luther King walked into your foundation. Would he pass muster? He would not get a dime out of most contemporary foundations because he would say, 'honestly? This work will take years, people are going to die, I'm not sure how it will turn out.'
— Abigail DisneyDocumentary Filmmaker & Philanthropist, Walt Disney's Great-Granddaughter
I often hear people say that everything that matters must be measured, and if it can't be measured, it doesn't matter. I believe the absolute reverse. Nothing that matters can be measured. I don't think there's anything on this earth worth lifting a finger for that you can measure.
— Abigail DisneyDocumentary Filmmaker & Philanthropist, Walt Disney's Great-Granddaughter
You must tell yourself the truth about money if you're going to give it away well. If you can't live well with $999 million, there's something clearly wrong with you. Money gets inside us; it creates our perceptions and changes the way we operate. It changes the people among whom we are, and who we are. When we're not in touch with that reality, it can change us in heinous ways.
— Abigail DisneyDocumentary Filmmaker & Philanthropist, Walt Disney's Great-Granddaughter
What's the business hip hop of this post pandemic world? Who's going to be the Rapper's Delight of the post pandemic world?
— Mark CubanBillionaire Investor, Shark Tank Investor & Dallas Mavericks Owner