People who can't take advantage of opportunity take advantage of people. — Mark Goulston Copy Share Image
Speak the truth. People will forgive an honest mistake; they won't forgive you if you lie. — Mark Goulston Copy Share Image
Do something to help your community or people around you. That will help you feel more worthwhile and less alone. — Mark Goulston Copy Share Image
I think people don't want to be persuaded. And people don't even like to do the persuading. — Mark Goulston Copy Share Image
I know CEOs, and they get sick when they have to lay people off, especially around Christmas. — Mark Goulston Copy Share Image
You can't create more jobs for an economy where the vast majority of people are hesitant and even afraid to spend and… — Mark Goulston Copy Share Image
When you are continuing to be in debt or are going deeper into it, every time a creditor calls, it rubs your… — Mark Goulston Copy Share Image
Braggarts are insecure and need attention, and bragging often has the opposite effect on most people when you're trying to gain their… — Mark Goulston Copy Share Image
When you're trying to persuade people, more often than not, they feel you're being pushy. When you focus on influencing them, they're… — Mark Goulston Copy Share Image
The most influential people strive for genuine buy-in and commitment - they don't rely on compliance techniques that only secure short-term persuasion. — Mark Goulston Copy Share Image
People really don't like to be inconvenienced. If you don't agree with that, ask yourself how you like it when it happens… — Mark Goulston Copy Share Image
One of the best ways to see how critical being present is to effective leadership is to notice what being absent, distracted,… — Mark Goulston Copy Share Image
More often than not, CEOs are conflict-avoidant because their role is to define vision and strategy than it is to get into… — Mark Goulston Copy Share Image
Yes, CEOs are under pressure from all sides, and executives have all sorts of people pushing and pulling at them. But too… — Mark Goulston Copy Share Image
There will always be people who think that money and benefits and even just having a job should be thanks enough. There… — Mark Goulston Copy Share Image
Something I had learned from 30 years as a psychotherapist turned Fortune 500 executive coach when helping people to calm down is… — Mark Goulston Copy Share Image
Why do people who consider themselves good communicators often fail to actually hear each other? Often it's due to a mismatch of… — Mark Goulston Copy Share Image
Show people a positive path that enables them to make progress on their own terms. Give them options and alternatives that empower… — Mark Goulston Copy Share Image
The most influential people strive for genuine buy-in and commitment - they don't rely on compliance techniques that only secure short-term persuasion. — Mark Goulston Copy Share
When you know you haven't been connecting with, persuading, or getting through to someone, consciously pause before meeting them and say to yourself, 'During… — Mark Goulston Copy Share
Too often, founders make decisions before determining whether they are the right thing to do. These decisions often create chaos in their companies where… — Mark Goulston Copy Share
If fun puts a smile on your face, beauty and elegance put a smile in your heart and take your breath away. It's longer-lasting… — Mark Goulston Copy Share
The crux is this: you can't be sincerely empathic towards and angry at someone at the same moment. In other words, you can't walk… — Mark Goulston Copy Share
As a general rule, when your child, or anyone in the work force, doesn't know what he/she wants to do, they should instead always… — Mark Goulston Copy Share
Presence is in the eye and ear and gut of the beholder. When you are totally present in a conversation or in a meeting,… — Mark Goulston Copy Share
When you're trying to persuade people, more often than not, they feel you're being pushy. When you focus on influencing them, they're much less… — Mark Goulston Copy Share
One of the reasons it is so difficult to break a connection to something or someone you have imprinted on is that after you… — Mark Goulston Copy Share
Gen X entrepreneurs are frequently smart, tough, tenacious, and self-made. That said, to succeed in their companies, they often have sacrificed being emotionally involved… — Mark Goulston Copy Share
In my life, I think I have had more than two hundred significant breakthroughs that exponentially accelerated my life forward. However, each and every… — Mark Goulston Copy Share
Happy couples resist the temptation to go to bed at different times. They go to bed at the same time, even if one partner… — Mark Goulston Copy Share
You can't create more jobs for an economy where the vast majority of people are hesitant and even afraid to spend and buy. — Mark Goulston Copy Share
President Reagan preached 'trickle down economics' but naively did not reckon on the fact that the wealthy would only care about getting more for… — Mark Goulston Copy Share
