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:

A person who thinks he can do no wrong usually can’t admit that he’s wrong.

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What Got You Here Won’t Get You There:

No one expects us to be right all the time. But when we’re wrong, they certainly expect us to own up to it.

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What Got You Here Won’t Get You There:

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

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What Got You Here Won’t Get You There:

…the honorable pursuit of a difficult goal set by someone else transforms us into cheaters.

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What Got You Here Won’t Get You There:

We all have an overwhelming need to display and share what we know. And we do it excessively.

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What Got You Here Won’t Get You There:

It’s good to share information that helps people. Likewise, it’s good to withhold it when it harms people…

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What Got You Here Won’t Get You There:

When sharing information or emotion, we have to ask is this appropriate and how much should I convey?

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What Got You Here Won’t Get You There:

It’s not hard to see why people don’t want to hear negative feedback. Successful people are incredibly delusional about their achievements.

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What Got You Here Won’t Get You There:

We can’t change the past. We can change the future. Negative feedback exists to prove us wrong…

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What Got You Here Won’t Get You There:

More than anything, negative feedback shuts us down. We close ranks, turn into our shell, and shut the world out.

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