Michelle Phan Quotes

There are two kinds of people in this world. 'I' people and 'we' people. I've always tried to be a 'we' person.

It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.

Companies are communities. There's a spirit of working together. Communities are not a place where a few people allow themselves to be singled out as solely responsible for success.

Ask not what your teammates can do for you. Ask what you can do for your teammates.

I don't want to see Jonathan lose at anything. And that's why together we're actually stronger as a team.

It's not about an individual. If I have a tip or a reminder for one of my teammates, I'll help him out by doing that.

At the beginning, there was this competitive vibe, like, 'Oh, we've got to compete for this audience.' But then, over the next few years afterwards, everyone on YouTube realized the more we work together, the more we collaborate, it just benefits everyone. It just became a really friendly community.

I think NXT, as a whole, is kind of like a family, so we're not competitive. We're supportive.

My heart is really in building coalitions.

Everyone works hard for each other, and if we're having an off day, everyone else is there to pick things up.

I'm a fan of collaborating.

Offer your strengths to others and you'll be amazed how many people offer their strengths to you.

There are probably still people that are competitive with each other, but I don't feel that's necessary. I like when we lift each other up.

You can take a team of absolute all-stars in terms of their native abilities, but if they are not working together, they are much less effective than a team where there is less native ability but a higher degree of teamwork and cohesion.

It has to be a partnership. I go back to Ted Thompson's opening press conference, and he talked about partnership. We had a hell of a partnership for 12 years.

Each one of us fulfills a piece of a larger puzzle.

You have to win with the team and for the team.

I think whenever you have a common goal with someone, you're going to bond. It's really hard to get two people together and be like, 'Hey guys, why don't you just bond!' But if you say, 'Listen, I need you guys to build this house, or I need you to do this or I need you to make this movie,' you'll get to work and you'll get close.

The world needs new leadership, but the new leadership is about working together.

I have great teammates around me who make plays.

I like working with people. I believe change can only come through collaboration.

We work as a team, and that is a huge part of why we have been successful; we run fast as a team.

I really do believe that working together works, and it's amazing to me.

Make sure that the people at the top are working together and there aren't divisions of labor. Don't have people working in silos; have them working across the team.

What I love is the openness of collaboration.