Abigail Johnson Quotes

Successful people are the ones who think up things for the rest of the world to keep busy at.

I've learned that positive thinking and encouragement are essential for leadership and progress.

My idea of management is that what your job is as the boss is to find really good people and empower them and leave them alone.

As long as there's a vision with the club, and we're not stale, we're going forward as a club.

Creating something new is the difficult part. To make it and build it and get everyone to follow? Amazing.

I wake up every morning and think to myself, 'How far can I push the company forward in the next 24 hours?

We've been working our tail off and lead by that example.

Yes is what I like doing more than anything else. Somewhere along the way, as people came and went, it fell to me to kind of keep it going and oversee the spirit of the enterprise, as it were.

I have new ideas every day, and I always want to take on new challenges.

I tell the players that the bus is moving. This club has to progress. And the bus wouldn't wait for them. I tell them to get on board.

Often, I work out of my work. One work takes me to the next thing.

Watching TV on your own is not very inspiring. But meeting people is where you get new ideas and get things done.

The secret of getting things done is to act!

It is certainly good to have fans but I am always focusing on the next thing and continuing to do good work. Onward and upward.

Hire people who are smarter than you, and don't be afraid to work with them as partners. Make it clear that you plan to learn from them, not just the other way around. The right, smart, motivated people respond very well to that approach, particularly coming from a younger manager like I am.

I think we're in good hands. There's definitely much more momentum in bringing in good things to help support the show. Everyone's got a good attitude about it and I think that makes all the difference.

Of all the things I've done, the most vital is coordinating those who work with me and aiming their efforts at a certain goal.

The people who are doing the work are the moving force behind the Macintosh. My job is to create a space for them, to clear out the rest of the organization and keep it at bay.

Even in an organization that's doing something big and bold, there's the mundane, day-to-day execution work of keeping it going. But people need to stay connected to the boldness, to the vision, and stay plugged in to the main vein of the dream.

The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.

Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it.

As my manager says, 'These are wonderful problems.'

Life is like a dogsled team. If you ain't the lead dog, the scenery never changes.

One of the great things about the 'Arrow' crew is that no one is settling for what they did yesterday. They're always thinking about what they can do tomorrow.

The speed of the boss is the speed of the team.