Lessons From People No Smarter Than You

“I’m still young, I try to always look at what people significantly younger tan me are doing. What’s the next thing? I like to imagine the world five years from now Or imagine what I want the world yo look like five years from now” Brain Chesky “I have always followed my gut – and […]

Lessons From People No Smarter Than You

“If you do the right thing, the right thing will come to you” Berry Gordy “The reasonable man adapts himself to the world, the unreasonable man doesn’t do that; all progress comes from unreasonable people” G.B. Shaw “I have yet to meet a scientist who wants to maintain status quo” Eli Broad “That urgency, daily […]

Lessons From People No Smarter Than You

“Don’t worry about reputation but about character. You should build character by practicing empathy, practicing moral courage, practicing determination.” Jacqueline Novogratz “The revolution is going to happen without us. We were sure that software was going to change the world, and we worried that if we didn’t join the digital revolution soon, it would pass […]

Lessons From People No Smarter Than You

“With my dress, I was selling confidence and with its success, I was getting confident. Confidence in what you do is crucial” Diane von Furstenberg “Time to kick people and by “kick” I mean challenge, is when they’re on the way up, to remind them that when you’re growing, make sure your head is not […]

Lessons From People No Smarter Than You

“Business isn’t all that complicated. If someone is out in the desert walking around, they’re going to be thirsty. You just have to ask them what they wan to drink. If you have the humility to listen to other people rather than just hawking stuff, you are going to have a loft of customers” ARTHUR […]

Lessons From People No Smarter Than You

“Most people fail in science because they talk themselves out of doing the experiment. Ideas are dime a dozen. What makes the difference is the execution.” CRAIG VENTER “I arrived in Beijing (1991) – I saw no cars, only bicycles, no tall buildings. The GDP was 4% of what it is today. Nonetheless, we decided […]

Lessons From People No Smarter Than You

“The more you invest in your mission, the more profits your business will produce. We are living proof of this. Not such a bad formula, huh?” DAN GILBERT “I try to be what I really am and not what people would like me to be. There is a certain peace that comes with that. My […]

Lessons From People No Smarter Than You

“Everything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you and you can change it, you can influence it, you can build your own things that other people can use” __Steve Jobs “When I started Chobani I’d never run a company before and there was no plan, […]