Steve Jobs Quotes

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

The three things that motivate creative people - autonomy, mastery, purpose!

I am driven by great work and seeing people do incredible things and having a part in that.

Don't cheat people of their growth. Empower them to solve problems and generate ideas. Watch them grow!

The achiever is the only individual who is truly alive.

I love working alone. Crave it, in fact. I feel truly alive then.

First, make yourself a reputation for being a creative genius. Second, surround yourself with partners who are better than you are. Third, leave them to go get on with it.

For me, self-esteem-building and confidence-building is the foundation for anything that we do, whether you want to be a writer, a painter, or a entrepreneur.

I think when you get people who are really talented and you take them out of their comfort zone, you get a lot more out of them.

My M.O. over the years is that I make things better, where people give me that freedom.

Goals enable you to do more for yourself and others, too.

The essence of competitiveness is liberated when we make people believe that what they think and do is important - and then get out of their way while they do it.

Giving people some kind of control over what they do is important. Human beings don't do their best work under conditions of control.

One philosophy I have at AngelList is I would rather have someone working on the wrong thing and do it their way and be motivated, than working on the right thing and do it my way and not be motivated.

I want to go where I'm the difference. I want to make something out of nothing. I want to be the reason someone is great.

The best thing I could do is build a successful company and continue to innovate and be in the right role I want to be in. If I'm not doing that, I'm inauthentic. That's not a good role model to anyone. That, to me, is the most important thing.

I don't like repeating things and look out for work that could challenge me.

Real power is being able to take care of yourself. My job is to make art, but I aspire to do more than that.

Every time I do something new, it makes me a bit stronger. Playing huge shows, being invited to play with Nile Rodgers after the Brits - all are mindblowing and I have a great team around me who are empowering. It makes all the difference.

Bring your whole self to work because, that way, you can bring full ideas and the wholeness of your unique abilities.

For sure, competition is healthy. It is! It keeps everybody on their toes. It keeps everybody sharp.

Whenever you need something from someone else before you can move forward, it's a dependency. We believe dependencies slow people down. We want people to be more independent, because that will keep them moving forward.

Show people how to have success and then you can push their expectations up.

People don't need to be managed, they need to be unleashed.

When you come across real talent, it is sometimes worth allowing them to create the structure in which they choose to labor. In nine cases out of ten, by inviting them to take responsibility and control for a new venture, you will motivate them to do great things.