Naomi Judd Quotes

Sometimes, taking a job is like going to a shrink or something, where you get to know yourself better.

The key is that I'm trying to keep growing and trying to keep learning and deepen my connection in every way, in my life, in my work. That's what I do when I look at a role.

Each step of the way, I'm learning. When I leave an interview, I learn whether I feel, 'Oh, that was nice,' or that made me feel like a little piece of me was taken.

That time when you're waiting for a job can be the most impactful and important time because you develop your preferences as a person. Knowing what you like will make you more confident. And then you'll stand out.

I think every job I do, I sort of look for the challenge in. I mean, that's why we do this job. It's not, you know, obviously not for the money or for the fame, it's for, I guess finding out more about yourself.

Through process and preparation and going through all of the interviews, I've learned a lot about myself and my skills.

I'm excited about developing as a Diva and finding where my place is in this company.

Before babies, I worked very hard to make sure I understood my surroundings and figured out where I fit in the world, whether it was at work or in a social situation.

I vividly remember a conversation I had many years ago in 1974, which marked a turning point in my leadership journey. I was sitting at a Holiday Inn with my friend, Kurt Campmeyer, when he asked me if I had a personal growth plan. I didn't. In fact, I didn't even know you were supposed to have one.

You feel different every day of your life. You just have to create your own space to survive, personally and professionally.

I've done thousands of interviews in my life, and it's a format that I quite enjoy, because I think of questions in interviews as an opportunity to sort of gauge my growth in a way. It gives me an idea of how I'm navigating this world that I'm in.

I go by intuition. Work-wise, that means asking myself if a role will push me outside my comfort zone, challenge me to learn something new.

There's no blueprint for where I should be. I see myself as a young, good actor who still has a lot to learn. There's nobody at any point in their career who is the finished article.

Criticism is a misconception: we must read not to understand others but to understand ourselves.

I just don't spend maybe enough time figuring out my place. Maybe I do in the world, but not so much in Hollywood.

The genesis of the Thinking Talent app came from wanting to create a way to scale self-discovery with a framework that we, personally, inside of the company, have used really successfully.

I'm maturing as a person and as a player.

I think that growth happens and that learning happens in anybody's life regardless of what profession you're in.

If you're not learning as a human, growing as a human, you can't grow as an actor. You're just churning things you've already thought.

I didn't get a lot of questions asked earlier in my career, I guess. But I've always been the same guy, more or less.

All I've ever wanted is to improve myself and become the best, which is the reason I joined Real in the first place.

I had been on what seemed to be a hiatus to the outside world, but I was actually working very hard on my health, my emotional health, and my business.

The more I grow as a person, the more I grow as an actor.

A good role is something that will stretch your abilities and make you go beyond your levels.

Throughout my career, I have criticized my every single step and I am open to any criticism.