Success for me has been the ability to change my life, change my family's life and help a lot of other people.
— Usain BoltJamaican Sprinter & Olympic Gold Medalist, Fastest Human Ever
“The efficiency trap is very modern, but it's now become a holdover from the Industrial Revolution. If you only relate to time, as if it were a certain kind of 'thing', like a natural resource… something that you could maximise, then you're going to be in a perpetual state of psychological struggle because you won't be using the right conceptual tools to live in time.”— Oliver Burkeman
Guardian columnist & author on psychology, time management, and happiness
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My father taught me an important lesson; when you get something, when you receive something, it's important to give back. This lesson is something that has really stuck with me through my whole life.
— Renzo RossoFounder and Chairman of Diesel fashion brand and Only The Brave Group
Industry and society today are one thing – it's the same business. You need to be close to humanity, have a soul, show blood. You must do the right thing, and you have to be transparent – it matters to the consumer, to the market, and to the team.
— Renzo RossoFounder and Chairman of Diesel fashion brand and Only The Brave Group
Not only is it your responsibility as a business to look after your people, environment, community and world.... But if you don't have these kinds of conversations? Shame on you.
— Hamdi UlukayaFounder and CEO of Chobani Greek Yogurt Company
The platform of business is one of the most amazing ways to change society, but I am telling you this as someone who grew up not liking the platform.
— Hamdi UlukayaFounder and CEO of Chobani Greek Yogurt Company
The minute they had a job, the minute they started working, that's when they lost the sense of being a refugee and became part of the community. That was the moment they started to regain their dignity and became independent.
— Hamdi UlukayaFounder and CEO of Chobani Greek Yogurt Company
Silence is not an option. Businesses have an obligation to make sure their products and services meet the needs of humanity in a way that is not damaging, but healthy.
— Hamdi UlukayaFounder and CEO of Chobani Greek Yogurt Company
You know those people starving in Africa? Pretty soon, they are going to be able to call us… to complain. There are people who are likely to have cheap access to reliable International phone calls before they have cheap access to a reliable food supply. That's a remarkable thing to contemplate.
— Jimmy WalesCo-Founder of Wikipedia & Online Encyclopedia Pioneer
Just think about what happens when the next billion people come online, and the next two billion after that. It's a remarkable thing to consider.
— Jimmy WalesCo-Founder of Wikipedia & Online Encyclopedia Pioneer
A lot of philanthropy is making bets, seeing if they work, staying with them…it is more like being an investor in other people's good entrepreneurial ideas.
— Steve BallmerFormer CEO of Microsoft & Owner of Los Angeles Clippers
Many forms of entrepreneurship don't lead to wealth, and but they are no less entrepreneurial.
— Steve BallmerFormer CEO of Microsoft & Owner of Los Angeles Clippers
Today? we're at the precipice of taking a fundamental vacation from survival where instead of worrying about tomorrow, we can decide how to spend our time. When food, energy, healthcare and education are literally free to everyone, everywhere, what will humanity do with time? What an extraordinary opportunity?
— Peter DiamandisFounder of X Prize Foundation & Singularity University
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
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