I do three things: speaking or teaching, which I enjoy the most, coaching is where I learn everything, and writing is where… — Marshall Goldsmith Education Copy Share Image
I regard gratitude as an asset and its absence a major interpersonal flaw. — Marshall Goldsmith Absence Copy Share Image
Once you get a reputation for emotional volatility, it can take years of model behavior to change how others see you. — Marshall Goldsmith Behavior Copy Share Image
Life is short. Do whatever you can to help people - not for status, but because the 95-year-old you will be proud… — Marshall Goldsmith Help Copy Share Image
Lasting goal achievement requires lots of time, hard work, sacrifice & dedication to a process that is maintained over years. — Marshall Goldsmith Achievement Copy Share Image
Successful people become great leaders when they learn to shift the focus from themselves to others. — Marshall Goldsmith Focus Copy Share Image
“If you want to succeed at goal setting, you have to face the reality of the effort and the payoff before you… — Marshall Goldsmith Goal achievement Copy Share Image
People will do something—including changing their behavior—only if it can be demonstrated that doing so is in their own best interests as… — Marshall Goldsmith Behavior Copy Share Image
The last thing I say on most phone calls is not, 'Goodbye,' but, 'Thank you.' — Marshall Goldsmith Goodbye Copy Share Image
One of the most dysfunctional beliefs of successful people is our contempt for simplicity and structure. We believe that we are above… — Marshall Goldsmith Believe Copy Share Image
An excuse is the handy explanation we offer when we disappoint other people. — Marshall Goldsmith Explanation Copy Share Image
Every decision that affects our lives will be made by the person who has the power to make that decision, not the… — Marshall Goldsmith Best person Copy Share Image
If you aren't opening doors for people, you are closing them! — Marshall Goldsmith Closing Copy Share Image
When we prolong negative behavior - the kind that hurts the people we love or the kind that hurts us in some… — Marshall Goldsmith Behavior Copy Share Image
Leadership is providing inspiration and vision, then developing and empowering others to achieve this vision. — Marshall Goldsmith Achieve Copy Share Image
“One of the greatest mistakes of successful people is the assumption, “I behave this way, and I achieve results. Therefore, I must… — Marshall Goldsmith Failure Copy Share Image
“If you press people to identify the motives behind their self-interest it usually boils down to four items: money, power, status, and… — Marshall Goldsmith Identity Copy Share Image
The great Western disease is, ‘I'll be happy when... When I get the money. When I get a BMW. When I get… — Marshall Goldsmith Bmw Copy Share Image
The extraordinary power of influence is now within everyone's reach. Recent graduates, executive assistants, project managers, and business leaders can all benefit… — Marshall Goldsmith Assistants Copy Share Image
“As a general rule, people in their 20s want to learn on the job. In their 30s they want to advance. And… — Marshall Goldsmith Copy Share Image
“the best solicited feedback is confidential feedback. It’s good because nobody gets embarrassed or defensive.” — Marshall Goldsmith Copy Share Image
A leader who is self-aware enough to know that he or she is not adept at everything is one who has taken… — Marshall Goldsmith Everything Copy Share Image
My job is to show my clients that their anger is rarely someone else's fault. It's their flaw. — Marshall Goldsmith Anger Copy Share Image
