Brian Chesky Quotes

Have the humility to learn from those around you.

I want to be out there learning from others, helping to provide insight whenever I can, though I don't consider myself an expert on anything.

I don't think any of us have the answers to everything. There's no human being on earth who fits that category. So why wouldn't you ask for help? Why wouldn't you run ideas by people that you respect? Too many young people cast around trying to figure out what the answer is themselves, because they're afraid to come back and say, "I'm not sure I understood you," or "Could you give me a little more information about what you need?" Just do that. It saves you time, it saves your boss's or mentor's time. And it's a great lesson to learn.

You always have something to learn from people who have been through more than you. Be open and receptive to what they know.

Don't be too proud to take lessons. I'm not.

I know I have an awful lot to learn from the people of Minnesota.

Success is a wonderful thing, but it tends not to be the sort of experience that we learn from. We enjoy it; perhaps we even deserve it. But we don't acquire wisdom from it.

Experience teaches only the teachable.

No one should be ashamed to admit they are wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that they are wiser today than they were yesterday.

I make progress by having people around me who are smarter than I am and listening to them. And I assume that everyone is smarter about something than I am.

I surround myself by people smarter than me.

You learn from everybody.

My advice to myself would be I should probably listen to advice.

I'm a big expert in boxing, but in politics I'm a beginner, so I try to use other people's experience. I read books; I'm not afraid to ask for advice.

I like to speak with more experienced people - with the staff, the manager - and get a lot of advice. But from a young age, I always remember that talent is good, but hard work beats talent.

The older you get, you might think you have it all figured out, but you are never too old to work on fundamentals. You can't take anything for granted in this business.

I had people put my feet on the ground for me and say, 'No, you don't know everything, and you need to learn this and this and this,' and it took me time to realize that.

I'm a coachable person. I don't like to lead myself. I've been taught by great people, and I was able to listen to them.

And with the right mentor, don't be afraid to expose your vulnerabilities. Admit you don't know what you don't know. When you acknowledge your weaknesses and ask for advice, you'll be surprised how much others will help.

We get very little wisdom from success, you know.

Nor is he the wisest man who never proved himself a fool.

Wisdom loves the children of men, but she prefers those who come through foolishness to wisdom.

When I don't know something, I surround myself with people I can trust to teach me.

The next thing to having wisdom ourselves, is to profit by that of others.

I tell you what I love - and I think you get better as you get older - when you're younger and you don't know what you don't know, you tend to talk more about what you think you know. You shut out the opportunity to learn what you don't know.