Book Titles

What Got You Here Won’t Get You There
How Successful People Become Even More Successful

By Marshall Goldsmith

Year Published: 2007
ISBN-13: 978-1-4013-0130-9
Categories: Change, Habits, Leadership

122 Quotes Found

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What Got You Here Won’t Get You There:

We can’t see in ourselves what we can see so clearly in others.

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What Got You Here Won’t Get You There:

Without meaning to, we are basking in hollow praise, which makes us hollow leaders.

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What Got You Here Won’t Get You There:

Whatever the reasons, refusing to apologize causes as much ill will in the workplace (and at home) as any other interpersonal flaw.

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What Got You Here Won’t Get You There:

…if you put all your cards in someone else’s hands that person will treat you better than if you kept the cards to yourself.

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What Got You Here Won’t Get You There:

Apologizing is one of the most powerful and resonant gestures in the human arsenal – almost as powerful as a declaration of love.

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What Got You Here Won’t Get You There:

When you declare your dependence on others, they usually agree to help.

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What Got You Here Won’t Get You There:

The reality for leaders… is that in the past very bright people would put up with disrespectful behavior, but in the future they will leave!

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What Got You Here Won’t Get You There:

…that’s the chilling effect of not saying thank you. You create a problem where none should exist.

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What Got You Here Won’t Get You There:

Gratitude is a skill that we can never display too often.

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What Got You Here Won’t Get You There:

A leader who cannot shoulder the blame is not someone we will follow blindly into battle.

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