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Marshall Goldsmith Quote: “Whether you’re leading other people or leading the follower in you, the obstacles to achieving your goals are the same.”

51. “Whether you’re leading other people or leading the follower in you, the obstacles to achieving your goals are the same.”

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Marshall Goldsmith Quote: “Five qualities that you need to bring to an activity in order to do it well are: motivation, knowledge, ability, confidence, and authenticity.”

52. “Five qualities that you need to bring to an activity in order to do it well are: motivation, knowledge, ability, confidence, and authenticity.”

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Marshall Goldsmith Quote: “An excuse explains why we fell short of expectations after the fact. 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.”

53. “An excuse explains why we fell short of expectations after the fact. 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

Marshall Goldsmith Quote: “The extraordinary power of influence is now within everyone’s reach. Recent graduates, executive assistants, project managers, and business leaders can all benefit from Monarth’s simple steps for ‘getting everyone to follow your lead.’”

54. “The extraordinary power of influence is now within everyone’s reach. Recent graduates, executive assistants, project managers, and business leaders can all benefit from Monarth’s simple steps for ‘getting everyone to follow your lead.’”

— Marshall Goldsmith

Marshall Goldsmith Quote: “Sometimes the better part of valor – and common sense – is saying, “I’ll pass.”

55. “Sometimes the better part of valor – and common sense – is saying, “I’ll pass.”

— Marshall Goldsmith

Marshall Goldsmith Quote: “Research indicates that the desire to achieve the skills associated with success is more highly correlated with achievement than the desire for success itself.”

56. “Research indicates that the desire to achieve the skills associated with success is more highly correlated with achievement than the desire for success itself.”

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Marshall Goldsmith Quote: “Understanding the past is perfectly admissible if your issue is accepting the past. But if your issue is changing the future, understanding will not take you there.”

57. “Understanding the past is perfectly admissible if your issue is accepting the past. But if your issue is changing the future, understanding will not take you there.”

— Marshall Goldsmith

Marshall Goldsmith Quote: “If you’ve ever binge-watched a season or two of a TV show on Netflix when you should be studying, or finishing an assignment, or going to sleep, you know how an appealing distraction can trigger a self-defeating choice.”

58. “If you’ve ever binge-watched a season or two of a TV show on Netflix when you should be studying, or finishing an assignment, or going to sleep, you know how an appealing distraction can trigger a self-defeating choice.”

— Marshall Goldsmith

Marshall Goldsmith Quote: “The only natural law I’ve witnessed in three decades of observing successful people’s efforts to become more successful is this: People will do something – including changing their behavior – only if it can be demonstrated that doing so is in their own best interests as defined by their own values.”

59. “The only natural law I’ve witnessed in three decades of observing successful people’s efforts to become more successful is this: People will do something – including changing their behavior – only if it can be demonstrated that doing so is in their own best interests as defined by their own values.”

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Marshall Goldsmith Quote: “If you want to succeed at goal setting, you have to face the reality of the effort and the payoff before you begin. Realize that the ‘quick fix’ and the ‘easy solution’ may not provide the ‘lasting fix’ and the ‘meaningful solution.’ Lasting goal achievement requires lots of time, hard work, personal sacrifice, ongoing effort, and dedication to a process that is maintained over years. And even if you can pull that off, the rewards may not be all that you expect.”

60. “If you want to succeed at goal setting, you have to face the reality of the effort and the payoff before you begin. Realize that the ‘quick fix’ and the ‘easy solution’ may not provide the ‘lasting fix’ and the ‘meaningful solution.’ Lasting goal achievement requires lots of time, hard work, personal sacrifice, ongoing effort, and dedication to a process that is maintained over years. And even if you can pull that off, the rewards may not be all that you expect.”

— Marshall Goldsmith

Marshall Goldsmith Quote: “One of the greatest mistakes of successful people is the assumption, “I am successful. I behave this way. Therefore, I must be successful because I behave this way!” The challenge is to make them see that sometimes they are successful in spite of this behavior.”

61. “One of the greatest mistakes of successful people is the assumption, “I am successful. I behave this way. Therefore, I must be successful because I behave this way!” The challenge is to make them see that sometimes they are successful in spite of this behavior.”

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Marshall Goldsmith Quote: “Whether the subject is climate change or the life span of unicorns, when you cite demonstrable facts to counter another person’s belief, a phenomenon that researchers call “the backfire effect” takes over. Your brilliant marshaling of data not only fails to persuade the believer, it backfires and strengthens his or her belief. The believer doubles down on his or her position – and the two of you are more polarized than ever. If.”

62. “Whether the subject is climate change or the life span of unicorns, when you cite demonstrable facts to counter another person’s belief, a phenomenon that researchers call “the backfire effect” takes over. Your brilliant marshaling of data not only fails to persuade the believer, it backfires and strengthens his or her belief. The believer doubles down on his or her position – and the two of you are more polarized than ever. If.”

— Marshall Goldsmith

Marshall Goldsmith Quote: “The next time you start to speak out of anger, look in the mirror. In every case, you’ll find that the root of your rage is not “out there” but “in here.”

63. “The next time you start to speak out of anger, look in the mirror. In every case, you’ll find that the root of your rage is not “out there” but “in here.”

— Marshall Goldsmith

Marshall Goldsmith Quote: “It is a whole lot easier to see our problems in others than it is to see them in ourselves.”

64. “It is a whole lot easier to see our problems in others than it is to see them in ourselves.”

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Marshall Goldsmith Quote: “With problems and issues groups face- there is an enormous disconnect between understanding and doing.”

65. “With problems and issues groups face- there is an enormous disconnect between understanding and doing.”

— Marshall Goldsmith

Marshall Goldsmith Quote: “It’s not about you. It’s about what other people think of you.”

66. “It’s not about you. It’s about what other people think of you.”

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Marshall Goldsmith Quote: “If we’re satisfied with our life – not necessarily happy or delighted that we’ve exceeded our wildest expectations, just satisfied – we yield to inertia. We continue doing what we’ve always done. If we’re dissatisfied, we may go to the other extreme, falling for any and every idea, never pursuing one idea long enough so that it takes root and actually shapes a recognizably new us.”

67. “If we’re satisfied with our life – not necessarily happy or delighted that we’ve exceeded our wildest expectations, just satisfied – we yield to inertia. We continue doing what we’ve always done. If we’re dissatisfied, we may go to the other extreme, falling for any and every idea, never pursuing one idea long enough so that it takes root and actually shapes a recognizably new us.”

— Marshall Goldsmith

Marshall Goldsmith Quote: “None of this makes sense. At best, you’ve spent a lot of time failing to change someone’s mind. At worst, you’ve made an enemy, damaged a relationship, and added to your reputation for being disagreeable.”

68. “None of this makes sense. At best, you’ve spent a lot of time failing to change someone’s mind. At worst, you’ve made an enemy, damaged a relationship, and added to your reputation for being disagreeable.”

— Marshall Goldsmith

Marshall Goldsmith Quote: “When we regret our own decisions – and do nothing about it – we are no better than a whining employee complaining about his superiors. We are yelling at an empty boat, except it’s our boat.”

69. “When we regret our own decisions – and do nothing about it – we are no better than a whining employee complaining about his superiors. We are yelling at an empty boat, except it’s our boat.”

— Marshall Goldsmith

Marshall Goldsmith Quote: “Excusing our momentary lapses as an outlier event triggers a self-indulgent inconsistency – which is fatal for change.”

70. “Excusing our momentary lapses as an outlier event triggers a self-indulgent inconsistency – which is fatal for change.”

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Marshall Goldsmith Quote: “Accepting is most valuable when we are powerless to make a difference. Yet our ineffectuality is precisely the condition we are most loath to accept. It triggers our finest moments of counterproductive behavior.”

71. “Accepting is most valuable when we are powerless to make a difference. Yet our ineffectuality is precisely the condition we are most loath to accept. It triggers our finest moments of counterproductive behavior.”

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Marshall Goldsmith Quote: “We can change not only our behavior but how we define ourselves. When we put ourselves in a box marked “That’s not me,” we ensure that we’ll never get out of it.”

72. “We can change not only our behavior but how we define ourselves. When we put ourselves in a box marked “That’s not me,” we ensure that we’ll never get out of it.”

— Marshall Goldsmith

Marshall Goldsmith Quote: “It’s the little moments that trigger some of our most outsized and unproductive responses:.”

73. “It’s the little moments that trigger some of our most outsized and unproductive responses:.”

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Marshall Goldsmith Quote: “The most thankless decision I make is the one that prevents something bad from happening, because I can never prove that I prevented something even worse.”

74. “The most thankless decision I make is the one that prevents something bad from happening, because I can never prove that I prevented something even worse.”

— Marshall Goldsmith

Marshall Goldsmith Quote: “Just because people understand what to do doesn’t ensure that they will actually do it.”

75. “Just because people understand what to do doesn’t ensure that they will actually do it.”

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Marshall Goldsmith Quote: “Successful people, however, believe there is always a link between what they have done and how far they have come – even when no link exists. It’s delusional, but it is also empowering.”

76. “Successful people, however, believe there is always a link between what they have done and how far they have come – even when no link exists. It’s delusional, but it is also empowering.”

— Marshall Goldsmith

Marshall Goldsmith Quote: “There’s nothing wrong with understanding. Understanding the past is perfectly admissible if your issue is accepting the past. But if your issue is changing the future, understanding will not take you there. My experience tells me that the only effective approach is looking people in the eye and saying, “If you want to change, do this.”

77. “There’s nothing wrong with understanding. Understanding the past is perfectly admissible if your issue is accepting the past. But if your issue is changing the future, understanding will not take you there. My experience tells me that the only effective approach is looking people in the eye and saying, “If you want to change, do this.”

— Marshall Goldsmith

Marshall Goldsmith Quote: “Emotional volatility is not the most reliable leadership tool. When you get angry, you are usually out of control. It’s hard to lead people when you’ve lost control. You may think you have a handle on your temper, that you can use your spontaneous rages to manipulate and motivate people. But it’s very hard to predict how people will react to anger.”

78. “Emotional volatility is not the most reliable leadership tool. When you get angry, you are usually out of control. It’s hard to lead people when you’ve lost control. You may think you have a handle on your temper, that you can use your spontaneous rages to manipulate and motivate people. But it’s very hard to predict how people will react to anger.”

— Marshall Goldsmith

Marshall Goldsmith Quote: “If she wants to be a great leader, she will need to “make peace” with watching what she says and observing how she acts – for the rest of her career.”

79. “If she wants to be a great leader, she will need to “make peace” with watching what she says and observing how she acts – for the rest of her career.”

— Marshall Goldsmith

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