Chip Conley Quotes

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• Make curiosity a wonder-ful habit.
• Curiosity has ... proven to be a great ingredient in resilience, a trait particularly valuable in an extended economic downturn. Resilient people aren't made of…
• Younger people tend to associate happiness more with excitement and the future, while older people tend to associate happiness with peacefulness in the present.
• Those of us who have been lucky enough to experience a calling in our work have a certain faith and peace of mind that it's…
• Letting an emotion move through you is healthy. Letting an emotion define you is not.
• Many people do not distinguish between something that happens to them and their reaction to it. Yet it isn't the event or situation that holds…
• Maybe its time we get a toolbox that doesnt just count whats easily counted, the tangible in life, but actually counts what we most value,…
• Great leaders help their people see how they can directly impact the company's objectives and their own personal goals.
• As leaders, we understand that intangibles are important, but we don't have a clue how to measure them.
• Social scientists have found that the fastest way to feel happiness is to practice gratitude.
• The more we ignore our emotions, the more likely they are to wield a powerful influence over us.
• Conventional wisdom suggests the primary motivator for entrepreneurs is money or wealth creation and, in fact, much of the political debate tends to center around…
• Feeling good about your life, but not expressing a heartfelt 'thank you,' is like wrapping a gift for someone and never giving it to them.
• Organizations that can diminish fear are those that are able to motivate, create, and innovate.
• When people get into that fight-or-flight place, then they move away from the creative centers of their brain.
• Business principles are only as good as the practices that back them up.
• Once you know the emotional building blocks of anxiety, you can influence them.
• The more externally chaotic the world becomes, the more we need sound internal logic, especially when it comes to our emotions.
• When I started my hotel company, Joie de Vivre, at the age of 26, I saw this venture as my ticket to freedom.
• The best way we can encourage people to create companies that create jobs is to celebrate the diverse entrepreneurial stories and the variety of drivers…

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