--- title: "Best John Naisbitt Quotes" description: "John Naisbitt was an American author and public speaker in the area of futures studies. His first book Megatrends: Ten New Directions Transforming Our L..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b069/author-john-naisbitt-14068.jpg" --- ![Portrait of John Naisbitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b069/author-john-naisbitt-14068.jpg) # John Naisbitt (1929–2021) Writer United States **48** quotes in **325** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet John Naisbitt was a writer from the United States, best known for *Megatrends*. ## Quick Facts About John Naisbitt Born January 15, 1929 Died April 8, 2021 Nationality United States Profession Writer Notable works Megatrends ## About John Naisbitt John Naisbitt was an American author and public speaker in the area of futures studies. His first book Megatrends: Ten New Directions Transforming Our Lives was published in 1982. It was the result of almost ten years of research. It was on The New York Times Best Seller list for two years, mostly as No. 1. Megatrends was published in 57 countries and sold more than 14 million copies. ## Quotes by John Naisbitt · Page 2 > [In the network model, rewards come by empowering others, not by climbing over them. If you work in a hierarchy, you may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-naisbitt/in-the-network-model-rewards-come-by-empowering-others-not-by/) [John Naisbitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-naisbitt/) [Climb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/climb/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/131/john-naisbitt-14068_climb_in-the-network-model-rewards-come-by-emp_887482.png) > [The more technology we introduce into society, the more people will aggregate, will want to be with other people: movies, rock concerts,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-naisbitt/the-more-technology-we-introduce-into-society-the-more-people-will/) [John Naisbitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-naisbitt/) [Community](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/community/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/459/john-naisbitt-14068_community_the-more-technology-we-introduce-into-so_1675445.png) > [Small business, right down to the individual can beat big, bureaucratic companies ten times out of ten.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-naisbitt/small-business-right-down-to-the-individual-can-beat-big-bureaucratic/) [John Naisbitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-naisbitt/) [Beats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beats/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a9/john-naisbitt-14068_beats_small-business-right-down-to-the-individ_889006.png) > [“Don't get so far in front of the parade that no one knows you're in the parade.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-naisbitt/don-t-get-so-far-in-front-of-the-parade-that-no-one-knows-you-re-in/) [John Naisbitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-naisbitt/) [Knows](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/knows/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d58/john-naisbitt-14068_knows_don-t-get-so-far-in-front-of-the-parade_748958.png) > [One of the best kept secrets in America is that people are aching to make a commitment, if they only had the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-naisbitt/one-of-the-best-kept-secrets-in-america-is-that-people-are-aching-to/) [John Naisbitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-naisbitt/) [America](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/america/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d05/john-naisbitt-14068_america_one-of-the-best-kept-secrets-in-america_66106.png) > [ We have for the first time an economy based on a key resource \[Information\] that is not only renewable, but self- generating.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-naisbitt/we-have-for-the-first-time-an-economy-based-on-a-key-resource/) [John Naisbitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-naisbitt/) [Acceptance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/acceptance/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e68/john-naisbitt-14068_acceptance_we-have-for-the-first-time-an-economy-ba_1469773.png) > [Leadership involves finding a parade and getting in front of it; what is happening in America is that those parades are getting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-naisbitt/leadership-involves-finding-a-parade-and-getting-in-front-of-it-what/) [John Naisbitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-naisbitt/) [America](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/america/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46e/john-naisbitt-14068_america_leadership-involves-finding-a-parade-and_1204742.jpg) > [We created the hierarchical, pyramidal, managerial system because we needed it to keep track of people and things people did; with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-naisbitt/we-created-the-hierarchical-pyramidal-managerial-system-because-we/) [John Naisbitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-naisbitt/) [Because](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/because/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9da/john-naisbitt-14068_because_we-created-the-hierarchical-pyramidal-ma_3004747.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-naisbitt/#itemlist", "name": "John Naisbitt Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In the network model, rewards come by empowering others, not by climbing over them. 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