Mitchell Baker Quotes

To me, the idea of success is to be able to work with people you admire.

Presumably, what you want to do is work on something meaningful and significant with people you really admire.

I love my work - it's what I know how to do best.

The wisest have the most authority.

I love having a master. I have no problem serving my director. That's my job. I want to make them happy.

Success in its highest and noblest form calls for peace of mind and enjoyment and happiness which come only to the man who has found the work that he likes best.

It's not about my career now. It's just about finding great work and having a good time.

I've now returned to the business again because I finally realised that I really enjoy the creative process.

I love what I do, and when I don't love what I do, I'll make a change.

I don't want only a career.

One of the joys of working with boys is that you get your pay as you go along. You can observe the results of your leadership daily... Such satisfaction cannot be purchased at any price; it must be earned.

In the end, I need to be fulfilled in my work - that's more important than the money.

So people ask, 'But how can you work for a friend?' I say it's because I know that the magazine is called 'O.' The bottom line is somebody has to have the final word. Oprah's not right all the time, but her record is pretty damn good. That's not to say you can't disagree.

I don't think I have ever worked in my life, because work to me means that you are really doing something that you don't like.

What I know is, is that if you do work that you love, and the work fulfills you, the rest will come.

To govern men, you must either excel them in their accomplishments, or despise them.

I really appreciate the fact that with my job I can encourage people, especially young women, and if I find something that's helpful, I like to share that knowledge.

I'm at a place where I want to have fun. I want to be challenged. I want to love the people I work with and continue to appreciate being in the position to work and play and explore.

Between being governor and part of the Senate, one of the things I did was I held a chair at the business school at my alma mater, Indiana University. And I'd go to lecture the graduates, and I loved that, answering their questions. It was real; it was tangible, and it was making a difference every day.

When you pretend to be an authority on everything, it forces your subordinates to defer to your opinion - which may not be the most informed in the room. If you have humility concerning the gaps in your experience or ability, it allows others to shine.

I love what I do in Washington.

My job description? It is many things; it is a whole universe created around the things that I like.

Often people ask me what my job is, and I say, honestly, it is to make others successful, and the more you do that, the more you will see that you create prosperity.

I feel happy when I work. I don't care if tomorrow I will be fired.

I've said many times that people are policy. And to be truly successful in any big organization you need to put people into jobs where they have relevant experience, relevant subject-matter expertise and the capacity to actually perform.