Stephen A. Schwarzman Quotes
What you find when you live in the United States, you live in the West, is that when somebody fails, it's never their fault. They always like to blame somebody other than themselves for a failure.
Topics
Accountability
Failure, Failures
The West
Individual Responsiblity, Personal Responsibility
Western Culture
Accepting Consequences
Blame Culture
Blame Shifting
Cultural Attitude
Failure Analysis
Self-Reflection
Taking Ownership
Victim Mentality
Deflecting Blame
Personal Fault
Lack Accountability
Citations
Schwarzman, Stephen A. "Interview with Stephen Schwarzman." The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones & Company, 2011.
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Stephen Allen Schwarzman is an American businessman, investor and philanthropist. He is the chairman and CEO of The Blackstone Group, a global private equity firm he established in 1985 with former chairman and CEO of Lehman Brothers and US Secretary of Commerce Peter G. Peterson. Schwarzman briefly served as Chairman of President Donald Trump's Strategic and Policy Forum.