James Caan Quotes

An ability to embrace new ideas, routinely challenge old ones, and live with paradox will be the effective leader's premier trait.

The primary problem is to learn to be your own toughest critic. You have to pay attention to intelligent work, and to work at the same time. You see. I mean, you’ve got to bounce off better work. It’s matter of working.

My only challenge is to entertain. And I accomplish my task better when I myself am entertained by what I am doing. I am very critical of myself, I constantly set the bar higher and higher. I try to surpass myself. That's all. But I also know how to preserve myself, to not let myself get bedazzled by the smoke and mirrors.

I am from time to time congratulating myself on my general want of success as a lecturer; apparent want of success, but is it nota real triumph? I do my work clean as I go along, and they will not be likely to want me anywhere again. So there is no danger of my repeating myself, and getting to a barrel of sermons, which you must upset, and begin again with.

I think that's the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself.

We tried to create advantages. We were never complacent.

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

If you don't second-guess yourself, then you are not trying to get better.

Any leader needs to be constantly interested in what's going on in the world, and constantly ready - even when things are going well - to change.

There are lots of lessons to learn from Amazon. Never stop innovating or questioning the fundamentals of your business. Disrupt yourself before others do. Continually motivate employees so that they never get too complacent - see Yahoo, AOL and many other Internet companies for evidence of what happens when they do.

I'm always looking at things and seeing how I can improve upon them. I think it's my responsibility to focus on how I can do better, as opposed to what I've done well.

Improving, for me, is quite natural as I'm always critical of myself.

I'm always looking to learn and am never happy with how I am going. I think once you get comfortable with what you are offering it is dangerous territory to be in.

I always try to find better ways to do things. Whether it's a game plan, a practice, a meeting, an interview, whatever it is. I'm going to find a way to find a way to analyze it and find a better way to do it. That's my mindset. I've never been satisfied with anything. That's just my mindset. I'm always trying to find a better way to do things.

You need to be very critical of yourself because MMA is a singular sport. You have to make the changes yourself or nothing will change. You have to be the one making the changes.

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

You have to be critical of what you do every day, to analyze it and be willing to push it further.

My constant focus is on being better. Should I be doing multimedia video production? Or seminars on the Internet? How can I do what I'm already doing in a more forceful way?

I think everyone is their harshest critic, but I strive for excellence as much as I can because I think it shows.

There isn't a plant or a business on earth that couldn't stand a few improvements-and be better for them. Someone is going to think of them. Why not beat the other fellow to it?

A responsible Warrior is one who has proved able to observe and to learn.

educators best serve students by helping them be more self-reflective. The only way any of us can improve—as Coach Graham taught me—is if we develop a real ability to assess ourselves. If we can’t accurately do that, how can we tell if we’re getting better or worse?

Continually challenge and be willing to amend your best loved ideas.

Grow with discipline. Balance intuition with rigor. Innovate around the core. Don't embrace the status quo.

You have to remain flexible, and you must be your own critic at all times.