Read, listen to and watch everything you can. Explore the corners of popular culture and the arts. And, of course, these days you have to stay maniacally plugged in to the cutting edge of whatever technology is taking your profession… — 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
