Stacey Snider Quotes

The Marines gave me a really strong sense of discipline and a work ethic that kicks in at my job.

Is it important to have a crew behind me? No, it's important to have me behind them. That's how I look at it. You can't just roll with a situation like you're depending on somebody to help you. You're supposed to help the situation, whatever the situation is that you're in.

The saying in business is that, 'You hire for skills and you fire for behavior.' And one would argue that in order to move up in career, to be promoted, to take on additional responsibility, in many ways that's linked more to the attitudes and behaviors that you carry rather than what you know technically about a given subject.

My criticism is too severe sometimes and that is not good. But why don't you start doing your work unless your leader flies into a rage? It is not that you cannot do it but that you don't want to do it.

Don't wait for someone to tell you what to do. Develop an innovative solution and work as a team to make it happen.

If everyone is motivated, we will succeed. If people are aware of their responsibilities, we will succeed. If people are committed, we will succeed. Don’t wait for things to happen. Make things happen! It is OK to take risks, Sometimes you will make mistakes. Learn from your mistakes, and you will succeed.

I've never been in charge. I'm just a lazy bastard.

I try to work hard, be professional, be fun to work with, and be accountable.

I think that you find out what your boss wants you to do, and you do more. To me, that's work ethic. Because, if you demonstrate that your capabilities extend past your current job, they'll probably give you a better job.

Whatever role I have had on the management side I pride myself on having done my best in the job. I have never shied away from that responsibility.

Even if you're in a backup role, you've always got to prepare yourself.

Flash, take the game off. I'll go out and do the work.

Always be smarter than the people who hire you.

I always had to prove myself through my actions. Be a cheerleader. Be class president. Be the editor of the newspaper.

In a high-IQ job pool, soft skills like discipline, drive and empathy mark those who emerge as outstanding.

It's not just what you do on the pitch, it's what you do off the pitch.

I love to be directed. They can trust me and go.

I'm the kind of person that just goes in and does my job.

If you want to succeed at any job, make yourself invaluable. Go the extra mile; make them never be able to imagine what life without you there would be like.

I felt that it was my duty not to senselessly waste my time. And since I didn't want to waste my time, I tried to accomplish as much as possible.

I particularly don't want to play unmotivated behavior.

If you're an employer, you want to hire an employee who'll do their job, not do your bidding.

I mean, you have to be able - you have to have made the commitment within yourself to do whatever it takes to get the job done and to try to inspire other people to do it, because obviously the first rule is you can't do it by yourself.

While academic abilities remain integral, it is the work ethics that form the soul of the business.

I've been part of a team and leader of the team. But wherever I've been, I've worked as if that was the only opportunity I had. I've never looked beyond that.