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Chris Gardner Quotes
Chris Gardner
American
Businessman
Born:
Feb 9
,
1954
About
Me
People
Time
You
Your
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You can blame outside factors or make excuses about why things didn't work out, but that doesn't change anything.
Chris Gardner
Work
You
Change
Blame
Out
About
Factors
Outside
Excuses
Make
Anything
Work Out
Why
Things
Nine times out of 10, extenuating circumstances aside, I believe that people are where they are by some kind of choice on their part. You need to acknowledge that, 'Hey, I'm here because I steered my horse in this direction.'
Chris Gardner
You
People
Believe
Nine
Hey
Circumstances
Out
Kind
Some
Direction
Horse
Steered
Part
Because
Times
Where
Acknowledge
Aside
Choice
Here
Need
You're never too old to do something new.
Chris Gardner
You
Old
Too
Something
Something New
Never
New
My stepfather was fond of letting me know, quote, 'I ain't your... damn daddy.' That was something that was painful, to put it mildly.
Chris Gardner
Me
Damn
Fond
Something
Put
Stepfather
Know
Quote
Your
Painful
Daddy
Letting
Be bold enough to find the one thing that you are passionate about. It might not be what you were trained to do. But be bold enough to do the one thing. Nobody needs to dig it but you.
Chris Gardner
Needs
You
Dig
Enough
One Thing
Find
About
Nobody
Passionate
Were
Trained
The One Thing
Might
Bold
Thing
I say to people all the time, it is OK to fail. Some of the greatest successes in the history of America started out as failures.
Chris Gardner
Time
History
People
Say
OK
Out
Some
Fail
Failures
Greatest
America
The History Of
Successes
Started
I've never been big on sports coats and pants. I'm a suit guy. It makes it clear who's in charge.
Chris Gardner
Sports
Big
Pants
Charge
Guy
Never
Clear
Makes
Been
Coats
Suit
Salespeople are the most important people in any organization. Until a salesperson gets an order, nobody in the company has a job.
Chris Gardner
People
Organization
Job
Important
Nobody
Most
Until
Important People
Salespeople
Gets
Any
The Most Important
Order
Company
I've never considered selling anything other than profession, but it's more than that. It's one of the highest callings that you can aspire to. Not everyone can do it.
Chris Gardner
You
Other
Everyone
Considered
More
Never
Highest
Selling
Than
Anything
Aspire
Profession
Business school professors don't take selling seriously because they don't know how to sell. It's easy to talk about business theory and production time and just-in-time development. Selling is much more difficult.
Chris Gardner
Time
Business
School
Seriously
Difficult
Easy
About
More
Take
Development
Know
Talk
Because
How
Sell
Selling
Much
Production
Business School
Theory
Professors
I was blessed to have the guys at Bear Stearns as mentors. They taught me a lot, but most of all, they taught me that there's nothing wrong with selling if you're selling the right product to the right person.
Chris Gardner
Me
You
Right Person
Blessed
Nothing
Guys
Bear
Mentors
Wrong
Most
Lot
Selling
Person
Taught
Product
Right
Racism is not new. It was not invented just for you. So get bigger than that stuff.
Chris Gardner
You
Racism
Invented
Stuff
New
Than
Get
Just
Bigger
Don't ever be afraid to hire people that are smarter than you. Just because they are smarter than you doesn't mean they have to make more money.
Chris Gardner
You
People
Money
More
Smarter
Make
Because
Hire
Than
Just
Afraid
Just Because
Mean
Ever
A father is everything in the world.
Chris Gardner
World
Father
Everything
If you're passionate about something, you can develop the abilities.
Chris Gardner
You
Ability
About
Something
Develop
Passionate
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