Marshall Goldsmith Quotes

There has to be something in every role that interests you.

Many of the factors that we think will cause motivation, such as fair pay and a good manager, won't make you love your job. Even if you eliminate what makes you dissatisfied, that doesn't make you motivated. It doesn't make your work rewarding. You just are less bothered by things.

Employees, especially young people, want more than a paycheck.

I would pay to do what I do if I had to.

I think a lot of times it's not money that's the primary motivation factor; it's the passion for your job and the professional and personal satisfaction that you get out of doing what you do that motivates you.

The purpose of work is not to make money. The purpose of work is to make the workers, whether working stiffs or top executives, feel good about life.

My job is to create myself a career that I can go to sleep satisfied with what I'm doing.

I don't want to work to make money. I want to work to work.

Recruiters sometimes have their wires crossed when it comes to what Millennials really want at work. While fancy perks are great, many Millennials are more excited about growing and thriving at a company that appreciates their talent and will help them continue to learn.

People want to be a part of an organization that lets them be fully alive and bring their gifts to work. People really do want to be engaged and feel proud of their contribution.

I just want to do stuff that gives me work satisfaction.

My work life is intense. But I love what I do.

Don't make career choices on short-term financial gain. Job satisfaction and career enjoyment are far more important.

Everybody should get to make a living with their passion.

I don't want to spend my life doing jobs that I don't care about.

When you hire good people, and you provide good jobs and good wages and a career, good things are going to happen.

I do give myself a break in my personal life but I think in work, if you don't push yourself you get bored and want to do something else.

I certainly can't complain. I work six days a week, if not seven, and eighteen hours out of twenty-four - fortunately, with a great deal of pleasure. Why? Because I only do something if I want to do it; I need to feel a desire, to find pleasure in moving forward, creating, moving, inventing.

Don't just work for the money; that will bring only limited satisfaction.

In an ideal world, nobody's work would be just about the money. People could pursue excellence in what they do, take pride in achievement, and derive meaning from knowing that their work improved the lives of others.

Doing something because it's quote-unquote a good career move doesn't really appeal to me.

For me, coming to work every day has turned out to be exactly what I hoped it would be.

I read a quote by James Dean when I was 17; he said, 'I'd rather starve than do a whole bunch of work that I don't care about.' The older I got, the more I understood what he was saying. If I want to do a whole lot of work that I don't care about, then I would probably be working in a law office somewhere.

No-one works for money alone and tapping into what people want from their careers and what they have to offer is essential.

If employees need to stay late in order to curry favor with the boss, what motivation do they have to get work done during normal business hours? After all, they can put in the requisite 'face time' whether they are surfing the Internet or analyzing customer data.