If people are jumping down people’s throats all the time, in the end, they’ll just shrivel up like a flower shrivels up that’s not watered.
The extraordinary thing about the record industry is how success can take off without warning.
Never look back in regret – move on to the next thing.
Good customer service begins at the top. If your senior people don’t get it, even the strongest links further down the line can become compromised.
As a leader of people, you have to be a great listener, a great motivator, be very good at praising and bringing out the best in people.
Be authentic and organic. It can’t be forced or it won’t work. And most importantly, have fun.
When people warn me against doing something once my mind is made up, I grow increasingly determined to try it.
It’s obviously incredibly important to keep the body fit in order to keep the mind fit, and be able to find time for friends.
If you are glass half empty type of person, maybe you just haven’t been holding the right glass.
Many assume my business success has brought me happiness. But the way I see it, I am successful because I am happy.
There is so much to be learned from listening to people’s hopes, frustrations, and points of view.
I think business needs to have a heart and to have a heart a company must be more than just a moneymaking machine.
No failure means no risk, which means nothing new.
Be bold, brave and not afraid to fall on your face and ultimately you will succeed.
I love the freedom of movement that my phone gives me. That has definitely transformed my life.
I just kind of dive in if I think I can create something that will make a difference and then try to get the numbers to stack up after the event. So most of the things I’ve done I would not have done if I’d have asked the accountants to look at them before.
I felt uneasy about making the rapid decisions I have always made, and wondered whether every decision should be formally ratified and minuted at a board meeting.
Those who achieve great things are the ones willing to be scared but not scared off. If you dream big and take risks, impossible becomes just a word.
I make up my mind about whether I can trust someone within 60 seconds of meeting them.
Follow your instincts and live with the consequences.