Susan Cain Quotes

You get the best out of people by allowing them to do their best work.

Some people have a team of ten people - Waste of money, waste of time. I do it on my own when I'm in the ring.

How do you make people do the best work? You make them feel comfortable, so you can feel comfortable - and then you can have a really good ballgame!

Directing, I get all kinds of inspiration. It's working with people. It's a lot more fun.

I feel like I have to be on my game because I have to handle my solo stuff and Pentatonix stuff, so it has really kept me on my toes in a good way.

A tremendous amount of energy is freed up when you feel that your vision is actually respected and cared for by the people you're working with.

I do know that people tend to do their best work when they're challenged and stimulated by their peers.

People are more productive when they're alone, but they're more collaborative and innovative when they're together.

You cannot mandate productivity, you must provide the tools to let people become their best.

Nothing great can come of more than three people in a room.

Creative ideas flourish best in a shop which preserves some spirit of fun. Nobody is in business for fun, but that does not mean there cannot be fun in business.

What really motivates people at Facebook is building stuff that they're proud of.

Business is about people. It's about passion. It's about bold ideas, bold small ideas or bold large ideas.

The simple act of paying positive attention to people has a great deal to do with productivity.

When you have more than two people working together, it gets a bit unfocused as an idea.

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

When you're working with good people it brings good things out in you.

Growth and profit are a product of how people work together.

People are the key to success or extraordinary success.

A lot of times, working in stand up, you're by yourself, and so you just have to rely on yourself only... but I like working in an ensemble.

I always had to genuinely like the actors I worked with and use my enthusiasm and vision to give them confidence to push their creativity and their humor.

The speed of the leader is the speed of the gang.

What's great about collaborating is getting to work with wonderful people. That's what theatre is about: other people getting you to give your best, and getting everyone else's best out of them.

At Netflix, we think you have to build a sense of responsibility where people care about the enterprise. Hard work, like long hours at the office, doesn't matter as much to us. We care about great work.

I direct with energy. I believe in energy. I think energy is an electric thing in actors. I try to inspire, encourage, and make choices with lots of energy. And truth. I'm big fan of truth and being funny. I like leading 50 people into battle every day.