Bad news Quote by Jon M. Huntsman Sr

“I have always held in high regard individuals who informed me that certain behavior or policies were inappropriate. I respect candor. My door is always open for news—good or bad. Many leaders only want to hear the positive. It is dangerous to be employed by such people. Those who never want to…” quote by Jon M. Huntsman Sr — Download Open image

““I have always held in high regard individuals who informed me that certain behavior or policies were inappropriate. I respect candor. My door is always open for news—good or bad. Many leaders only want to hear the positive. It is dangerous to be employed by such people. Those who never want to hear bad news don’t want to know when they are off course.””

Jon M. Huntsman Sr

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5 out of 5 (6 ratings)

Bad news Habits

More by Jon M. Huntsman Sr

A crisis creates the opportunity to dip deep into the reservoirs of our very being, to rise to levels of confidence, strength, and resolve…

Jon M. Huntsman Sr

Image

“When we were young, we unconsciously chose friends with similar values. We didn’t like dealing with individuals, for example, who were not truthful. They concerned us. Lying seemed so silly, so unnecessary. Nobody likes dishonesty. I remember associating with people who often were not the most popular in the school, but they were respected. And one of the reasons they…

Jon M. Huntsman Sr

“There are no exact duplicates in nature. Each human is unique. When we seek to be like the next person, we lose autonomy. Failure often is the result of following the crowd. If the character of the person we are following lacks strength, honesty, and courage, that person’s weaknesses can become ours. Conversely, following someone who exhibits those attributes reinforces…

Jon M. Huntsman Sr

“There is a fun fact that suggests America has 40 lawyers for every engineer, whereas China, emerging as one of the world’s most dynamic nations, has 40 engineers for every lawyer. I am not sure exactly what that says, but it can’t be a plus for the United States. It may only be coincidence that the explosion in ethical and…

Jon M. Huntsman Sr

“Lawyers have us trained to believe nothing is airtight, any agreement can be broken, and that life is one big loophole. A handshake ends up as meaningless as an Enron audit. Heaven forbid the law be the law. Today, the law is whatever the client wants it to be. Today, we can sue anybody over anything. We can ruin a…

Jon M. Huntsman Sr

“Life is not a game of Solitaire; people depend on one another. When one does well, others are lifted. When one stumbles, others also…

Jon M. Huntsman Sr

Image

Self-pity is the most negative quality of the human spirit. Difficulties in life are intended to make us better, not bitter.

Jon M. Huntsman Sr

Image

“There is no book written, no guideline yet crafted, and no class lecture devised that explains how to activate courage. Courage comes from deep…

Jon M. Huntsman Sr

Image

“TRAVEL IS FATAL TO PREJUDICE, BIGOTRY AND NARROW-MINDEDNESS… BROAD, WHOLESOME, CHARITABLE VIEWS OF MEN AND THINGS CANNOT BE ACQUIRED BY VEGETATING IN ONE LITTLE…

Jon M. Huntsman Sr

Image

Engaging in activities devoid of difficulty, lounging in risk-free zones, is life without great meaning.

Jon M. Huntsman Sr

Image

“It wasn’t the rules or the potential punishment that kept people honest. It was being reminded of core values embedded from our earliest days:…

Jon M. Huntsman Sr

Image

“Why is it that some bright students choose to cheat? Why do some otherwise upstanding citizens chisel on their income tax returns? Why do…

Jon M. Huntsman Sr

Image

Explore all 15 Jon M. Huntsman Sr quotes

More Bad news quotes

In the wake of such bad news, it was heartening to know that what 'Sense8' stood for meant so much to so many people.

Brian J. Smith

Image

“I remember a man, a very lonely man, coming up to me at the end of a reading and looking into my face and saying, 'I feel as if I have looked down a corridor and seen into your soul.' And I looked at him and said, 'You haven't.' You know, Here's the good news and the bad news: you…

Marie Howe

In the business world, bad news is usually good news - for somebody else.

James Surowiecki

Image

You never want to have to give your child bad news of any kind.

Jonathan Dee

Image

If there's one thing you should know about me it's that I'm utterly unsuited for bureaucracy. I don't know my passwords to anything. I…

Julio Torres

Image

I seem to thrive by destroying the last thing I did, in a kind of cartoon Nietzsche way. Emerson says in "Experience" something like "every ultimate fact soon becomes the next in a series." The self feels more real when you are destroying things you've made than when you are paying them homage. That's the good news about being self-destructive.…

Dan Chiasson