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Marshall Goldsmith

Marshall Goldsmith (born March 20, 1949) is an American leadership coach and the author of several management-related books.

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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.

Behavior, Defined, Demonstrated, Interest, Interests, People

The best way that we can begin to produce positive change is to make peace with what is in ourselves and others, and then work to move forward and make life even better.

Make, Move, Moving, Positive Change, Way, Work

To help others develop, start with yourself.

Develop, Help, Helping, Helping Others, Inspire, Start

When we do what we have to do we are compliant. When we do what we choose to do we are committed.

Choose, Committed, Compliant

What got you here won't get you there.

The best knowledge workers are working for more than money.

Knowledge, Knowledge Workers, Money, Workers, Working

Those who lead by example and demonstrate passion for what they do make it much easier for their followers to do the same.

Demonstrate, Example, Followers, Passion

Treat every piece of advice as a gift or a compliment and simply say, “Thank you.

Advice, Compliment, Gift, Pieces, Simply, Treat

Change is not a one-way street- it involves two parties: the person who is changing and the people who notice it.

Involves, Party, People, Person, Two

Lasting goal achievement requires lots of time, hard work, sacrifice & dedication to a process that is maintained over years.

Dedication, Hard, Hard Work, Lasting, Process, Sacrifice

If we can stop, listen, and think about what others are seeing in us, we have a great opportunity. We can compare the self that we want to be with the self that we are presenting to the rest of the world. We can then begin to make the real changes that are needed to close the gap between our stated values and our actual behavior.

Behavior, Listen, Opportunity, Real, Think, Thinking

The only way to cure the disease is to find happiness and meaning now.

Cure, Disease, Finding Happiness, Way

Look to the present. The great disease of 'I will be happy when. . . ' is sweeping the world. You know the symptoms. You start thinking: I'll be happy when I get that. . . BMW. . . promotion. . . status. . . money. The only way to cure the disease is to find happiness and meaning now.

Bmw, Look, Looks, Money, Thinking

Great leaders encourage leadership development. By openly developing themselves

Developing, Development, Leader, Leadership, Openly

The great Western disease is, ‘I'll be happy when. . . When I get the money. When I get a BMW. When I get this job. When I get the relationship,’ Well, the reality is, you never get to when. The only way to find happiness is to understand that happiness is not out there. It's in here. And happiness is not next week. It's now.

Happiness, Jobs, Reality, Bmw, Disease, Job

The more we are committed to believing that something is true, the less likely we are to believe that its opposite is true, even in the face of clear evidence that shows we are wrong.

Believe, Believing, Faces, Opposites, Shows, Wrong

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

Easier, Problem, Problems, See, Whole

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

Achievement, Associated, Desire, Highly, Skills

Every decision that affects our lives will be made by the person who has the power to make that decision, not the 'right' person or the 'smartest' person or the 'best' person. Make peace with this fact.

Decision, Facts, Made, Person, Smartest

Never confuse acquiring degrees with wisdom.

Acquiring, Confuse, Degrees, Wisdom

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