The greatest learning involves action. Business leaders who rise to the top gain tremendous insights and experience by doing the things that really matter.
They refine their ideas, skills and learn the art of execution. These leaders know how to get the best out of their teams and make everyone achieve great things together.
Enjoy these great lessons and nuggets of wisdom from the world leaders.
1. “Before you become a leader, success is all about growing yourself. After you become a leader, success is about growing others.”
Jack Welch
2. “One has to remember that every failure can be a stepping-stone to something better.”
Colonel Sanders
3. “We look at our users’ interests, without our users we don’t have business.”
Jerry Yang
4. “I’m addicted to winning. The more you win, the more you want to win.”
Larry Ellison
5. “Building a mission and building a business go hand in hand.”
Mark Zuckerberg
6. “Once you get accustomed to some kind of work, it does not seem as hard.”
Konosuke Matsushita
7. “As an entrepreneur, if you’re the originator, you need to be faster than ever.”
Niklas Zennstrõm
8. “The most dangerous thing for a branded product is low interest.”
Dietrich Mateschitz
9. “Let your joy be in your journey — not in some distant goal.”
Tim Cook
10. “Risk comes from not knowing what you’re doing.”
Warren Buffett
11. “Advertising is very simple in a lot of ways. Advertisers go where the users go, and users are choosing to spend a lot more time online.”
Susan Wojcicki
12. “There’s almost nothing you can’t accomplish if you set your mind to it.”
Ray Kroc
13. “When people use your brand name as a verb, that is remarkable.”
Meg Whitman
14. “Ambitious failure, magnificent failure, is a very good thing.”
Guy Kawasaki
15. “To be a leader, you have got to lead human beings with affection.”
J. R. D. Tata
16. “Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.”
Steve Jobs
17. “Great products sell themselves.”
Kevin Systrom
18. “If you start your own thing, you can learn a lot really fast from doing things wrong.”
Drew Houston
19. “Go as far as you can see; when you get there, you’ll be able to see farther.”
J.P. Morgan
20. “You have to be constantly reinventing yourself and investing in the future.”
Reid Hoffman
21. “Someone once told me growth and comfort do not coexist. And I think it’s a really good thing to remember.”
Ginni Rometty
22. “We all need people who will give us feedback. That’s how we improve.”
Bill Gates
23. “At the end of the day you have to keep emotions away.”
Lakshmi Mittal
24. “Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.”
Henry Ford
25. “If you can push through that feeling of being scared, that feeling of taking a risk, really amazing things can happen.”
Marissa Mayer
