23 Marshall Goldsmith Quotes for You to Enjoy

Marshall Goldsmith

American Coach

Born: Mar 20, 1949

Before Change Gratitude People Who You

Related authors: Bear Bryant Bobby Knight Dabo Swinney Jim Valvano John Wooden Lou Holtz Nick Saban Vince Lombardi

One of the most important actions, things a leader can do, is to lead by example. If you want everyone else to be passionate, committed, dedicated, and motivated, you go first! Marshall Goldsmith

All of us have people in our lives who drive us crazy. We've spent hours reliving the unfair, unappreciative, inconsiderate treatment they have inflicted on us. But getting mad at this person makes just about as much sense as getting mad at a chair for being a chair. Marshall Goldsmith

Crazy People Drive Unfair Sense Our Our Lives Spent Mad About Reliving Hours Makes Person Getting Just Inflicted Being Us Much Who Chair Lives Treatment

To me, the #1 key to success is 'creating lasting positive change in yourself and others.' That is what is most rare, most difficult, and most valuable about leading people. Marshall Goldsmith

Positive Success Me Change Yourself People Key Valuable Rare Difficult Lasting Key To Success Positive Change Others About Leading Most Success Is Creating

Our inner beliefs trigger failure before it happens. They sabotage lasting change by canceling its possibility. We employ these beliefs as articles of faith to justify our inaction and then wish away the result. I call them belief triggers. Marshall Goldsmith

Faith Failure Change Result Wish Before Lasting Our Possibility Trigger Triggers Sabotage Employ Call Articles Happens Inaction Justify Them Then Belief Beliefs Away Inner

Remember that when criticism is difficult to accept, there is probably some truth to it. Marshall Goldsmith

Truth Remember Criticism Difficult Some Accept

The people I coach are very successful people, so it's very hard for winners to not constantly win. Even if it's trivial and not worth it, we still want to win - because we love winning. It's a very deep habit. Marshall Goldsmith

Active questions are the alternative to passive questions. There is a huge difference between, 'Do you have clear goals?' and 'Did you do your best to set clear goals for yourself?' The former is trying to determine the employee's state of mind; the latter challenges the employee to describe or defend a course of action. Marshall Goldsmith

Best You Challenges Yourself Goals Mind Action Active State Latter Determine Clear Between Do Your Best Employee Alternative Course Passive Huge Questions Huge Difference Trying Did Difference Former Your Describe Defend Set

Americans get fatter and fatter and buy more and more diet books, but you don't lose weight by buying diet books - you go on a diet. It's easy to read a diet book, but it's hard to go on a diet. Marshall Goldsmith

Buy You Book Lose Books Fatter Easy More More And More Weight Read Go Get American Diet Hard Buying

People that have integrity violations should be fired, not coached. How many integrity violations does it take to ruin the reputation of your company? Just one. You don't coach integrity violations. You fire them. Marshall Goldsmith

If we become aware of what's happening before we act, behaviour becomes a function of choice rather than a result of an impulse or trigger. You begin to control your world more as opposed to the outside world controlling you. Marshall Goldsmith

You World Result Become Before Control Controlling Trigger Rather More Outside Outside World Becomes Opposed Begin Than Behaviour Impulse Happening Choice Act Your Function Aware

We deify willpower and self-control - and mock its absence. People who achieve through remarkable willpower are 'strong' and 'heroic.' People who need help or structure are 'weak.' This is crazy - because few of us can accurately gauge or predict our willpower. Marshall Goldsmith

Crazy People Strong Achieve Few Predict Heroic Gauge Our Weak Willpower Structure Absence Through Remarkable Self-Control Because Mock Accurately Us Help Who Need

When you're at the lower levels in the organization, you need to win and be right. But as you move up, you need to let other people win and be right, and become a manager and delegate responsibility. Marshall Goldsmith

You People Win Organization Responsibility Become Other Delegate Up Manager Move Lower Right Levels Need

One of the greatest mistakes of successful people is the assumption, 'I behave this way, and I achieve results. Therefore, I must be achieving results because I behave this way.' This belief is sometimes true, but not across the board. Marshall Goldsmith

People Sometimes Achieve Mistakes Assumption Way Must Results True Because Greatest Behave Achieving Board Successful Across Successful People Therefore Belief

Marshall Goldsmith Quotes

No more Marshall Goldsmith quotes