Carol S. Dweck Quotes

So much about living life, to me, is about humility and gratitude. And I've tried very hard to have those qualities and be that person and I'm just so disappointed in myself that I allowed it to slip.

Nobody likes a smart alec. Which is why it's always better for your career to be wrong and in company rather than right and on your own.

The most important thing that I tell myself is that no matter where I go in this journey, the humility is what's gonna keep me honest and real. And perhaps a better manager.

I'm a guy that a lot of people look up to. I haven't always handled situations the right way. That's why I have to continue to grow and be a better player, a better leader.

I'm not the type of guy who goes to members of my team or the other team and says, 'Hey, I'm awesome,' because I can improve in so many ways.

I'm going to be humble, I'm going to be accountable, do it with a smile on my face, make other people around me better.

For organizations seriously committed to making teamwork a cultural reality, I'm convinced that 'the right people' are the ones who have three virtues in common - humility, hunger, and people smarts.

Don’t nurture a sense of guilt; rather, nurture a sense of responsibility married with a sense of humility.

What's the point of being better than someone else?

Humility leads to strength and not to weakness. It is the highest form of self-respect to admit mistakes and to make amends for them.

Any fool can try to defend his or her mistakes- and most fools do- but it raises one above the herd and gives one a feeling of nobility and exultation to admit one's mistakes.

The man who can own up to his error is greater than he who merely knows how to avoid making it.

The leader who exercises power with honor will work from the inside out, starting with himself.

I know that I'm definitely not a big big snob, and I know that at the times that I am a diva I know I'm being a diva. It's kind of annoying to know that you are. Because it's a person I do not want to be. So I'm trying my best not to become a jerk.

Well, the first quality of being a good leader is you have to be able to follow. See, a good leader can't just be the leader all the time, I have to be able to follow.

How could I get up there and say, 'People, we've got to do better,' when I was the poster child for everything that was wrong? I've always believed leaders don't ask others to do what they're unwilling to do.

It's important to have people around you with enough confidence to say if you are not acting in a good way. Normally, when you are at the top, people say everything is fantastic. Probably in that moment it is what you want to hear, but it's best to be reminded how to act properly.

It's very important in a leadership role not to place your ego at the foreground and not to judge everything in relationship to how your ego is fed.

When I retire, the only thing that concerns me is that no one can say that I was a bad team-mate or disrespectful or self-important.

What I know about me is that, in order to lead, you also have to know how to follow.

How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them.

We're quite volatile as individuals, but that doesn't work exponentially when we are together. Relationships are about eating humble pie.

I will respect the limits of my experience but that won't stop me from trying to lead by example of my work. Being a good teammate and picking them up on and off the field is a simple goal of mine.

Being a good leader requires remembering that you're there for a reason, and the reason certainly isn't to have your way. High-integrity leaders not only welcome questioning and criticism - they insist on it.

I have found that the more I honored others, the more they honored me and the more fulfilling my career became. In the business arena, I have been surrounded by people with awesome skills. The difference between good and great is determined by the mindset you choose to bring to the work. The concept of honor should be part of that mindset.