Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
money appears to motivate only our interest in ourselves, making us selfish and self-centered...Money makes people feel self-sufficient, which also means they don't need or care about others it's each man for himself
Margaret Heffernan
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
TAGS & TOPICS
Margaret Heffernan
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: June 16
Businessperson
Writer
Texas
United States
Feels
Makes
Motivate
Mean
Others
Centered
Needs
Money
Appears
Men
Also
Sufficient
People
Care
Selfish
Self
Interest
Need
Making
Feel
Means
More quotes by Margaret Heffernan
In business, staying focused requires that you turn most opportunities down.
Margaret Heffernan
Bosses and leaders everywhere should cherish the people who bring them bad news, disappointing data or hard problems.
Margaret Heffernan
When we care about people, we care less about money, and when we care about money, we care less about people.
Margaret Heffernan
The best remote companies I've seen do almost everything online, via email and telephone. But they also get together face to face on a regular basis.
Margaret Heffernan
Phones and soundtracks and Muzak and fountains replace genuine and unpredictable human contact with a seamless soundtrack from a bad movie and a cliche that makes us believe we must all be happy.
Margaret Heffernan
Most executives I know are so action-oriented, or action-addicted, that time for reflection is the first casualty of their success.
Margaret Heffernan
We treasure what we can measure.
Margaret Heffernan
Any fool can buy talent only real leaders develop it.
Margaret Heffernan
Making a company fit to sell may be the only way to ensure you never need a buyer.
Margaret Heffernan
You cannot fix a problem that you refuse to acknowledge.
Margaret Heffernan
Those in powerless positions aren't about to complain about bullying bosses, abusive supervisors or corrupt co-workers. There is no safe way to do so and no process that promises redress.
Margaret Heffernan
I don't think a true company - one that builds sustainable value - can ever only exist online or remotely.
Margaret Heffernan
Everyone I know feels harassed by email which has invaded their waking and sleeping hours.
Margaret Heffernan
It is nobody's right to be waited on and nobody's fate to do the waiting.
Margaret Heffernan
Most people have their best ideas when they take their minds away from problems they're trying to solve.
Margaret Heffernan
One of the sad truths about leadership is that, the higher up the ladder you travel, the less you know.
Margaret Heffernan
The cell phone has become the adult's transitional object, replacing the toddler's teddy bear for comfort and a sense of belonging.
Margaret Heffernan
As long as they are well-intentioned, mistakes are not a matter for shame but for learning
Margaret Heffernan
I'm all for ambition and stretch goals. I set them for myself. But leadership isn't the same as cheerleading. Believing in something is a necessary but absolutely insufficient condition for making it come true.
Margaret Heffernan
Once you have power, you are inevitably surrounded by people who have their own agendas and will tell you whatever advances them.
Margaret Heffernan
