Adam Neumann Quotes

I think the only way you learn is to surround yourself with people that are better than you.

For me, it's about surrounding myself with the best, most talented team out there, and not ever being afraid of being the worst guy in the room. It's ego-crushing, yeah. Every day is ego-crushing. But it keeps you sharper than you can imagine.

If I'm the smartest guy in the room, I'm in the wrong room.

I surround myself by people smarter than me.

I'm good at what I do and still improving as I learn from mentors, founders, partners, friends, family, strangers, my own investors, and the experience itself.

When you surround yourself with some of the best in the business you can only get better.

Surround yourself with people you can always learn something from. Always work with people that are better at their craft than you are.

Surround yourself with people who are smarter than you.

I always try to work with people who are better than me, so I can learn more.

I don't plan in terms of career ambitions. The only career ambition I have is to work with people who are going to bring you up and elevate your performance. They'll let you know things that you didn't know already and bring you places that you might not have gotten to otherwise.

No matter how good you think you are as a leader, my goodness, the people around you will have all kinds of ideas for how you can get better. So for me, the most fundamental thing about leadership is to have the humility to continue to get feedback and to try to get better - because your job is to try to help everybody else get better.

Have the humility to learn from those around you.

The only things worth learning are the things you learn after you know it all.

It's OK to not have all the answers, and in fact, the more extraordinary people you are able to surround yourself with, the better you will become.

If you're the smartest person you know, it's time to know some new people.

You always want to improve, learn from the veterans on the team.

You don't get any better unless you're around guys who know more than you.

Rahman sir keeps pushing himself. He keeps trying new things, whether it is his craft, music or sound... he is always learning. He looks for opportunities to learn, even from children.

I just want to learn as much as I can, and that comes from the people I surround myself with. So whether that is on a one-million-dollar movie, or 100-million-dollar movie, it doesn't really matter.

For an artiste to grow, for a person to grow, you have to learn. A learner cannot afford to have an ego. Learning can never stop. If it does, then it is death.

There's a difference between talent and skill. You might have writing talent, but skill is learned. You have to practice. I remain teachable. I was sure that I didn't know everything. People who work with me will tell you I don't think I know everything. I watch people sink around me thinking that they knew everything.

It is very important to learn. And I try to learn from everything around me.

If you look around the room, and you're the smartest person in the room, you're in the wrong room.

Try never to be the smartest person in the room. And if you are, I suggest you invite smarter people... or find a different room.

I've learned that success comes in a very prickly package. Whether you choose to accept it or not is up to you. It's what you choose to do with it, the people you choose to surround yourself with. Always choose people that are better than you. Always choose people that challenge you and are smarter than you. Always be the student. Once you find yourself to be the teacher, you've lost it.