A career path is rarely a path at all. A more interesting life is usual a more crooked, winding path of missteps, luck and vigorous work. It is almost always a clumsy balance between the things you try to make… — Tom Freston Copy Share Image
When I got fired, I had a feeling of loss because Viacom had been a passionate long-term relationship. But I got my balance back.… — Tom Freston Copy Share Image
I measure success in terms of the connection with the audience, which we've been able to do in spades. I mean, it's very hard… — Tom Freston Copy Share Image
I always imagined myself somehow as an electron around some atom, and you're just, like, bouncing around and spinning. There was a never-ending supply… — Tom Freston Copy Share Image
I've never been fired in my life. From anything. I've never failed at anything I've tried. — Tom Freston Copy Share Image
Travel early and travel often. Live abroad, if you can. Understand cultures other than your own. As your understanding of other cultures increases, your… — Tom Freston Copy Share Image
I have prevented my kids from watching MTV at home. It's not safe for kids. — Tom Freston Copy Share Image
If you look at the Internet, it's been hard for a lot of the traditional media companies to launch viable brands. — Tom Freston Copy Share Image
I always hustled to make money and pay for school. I was never afraid of hard work. — Tom Freston Copy Share Image
I think online is a better platform. If you look at the metrics, if you look at the delivery system, if you look at… — Tom Freston Copy Share Image
There's almost nothing that distracts you from your day-to-day problems more than a trip. You're totally consumed in the present, you've got new sense… — Tom Freston Copy Share Image
We, as Americans, have so much to learn here. We have a shockingly low level of global awareness and familiarity and little idea of… — Tom Freston Copy Share Image
Innovation is taking two things that already exist and putting them together in a new way. — Tom Freston Copy Share Image
People often say that a bad event is a 'blessing in disguise.' Trust me, experience will teach you that some are unbelievably well disguised.… — Tom Freston Copy Share Image
