Category: success

  • Thomas S. Murphy | Success Advice from Successful People

    Former CEO, Capital Cities/ABC I got two pieces of advice I have always remembered. The first was from my father, Charles E. Murphy, who was a justice of the New York State Supreme Court. It was a point about ethics. He said, “Doing the wrong thing is not worth the loss of one night’s good…

  • Bob Iger | Success Advice from Successful People

    President and CEO, Walt Disney My father wrote in my sixth-grade yearbook quoting Hamlet – Polonius to his son, Laertes: “To thine own self be true.” I was 12 years old, but it had a powerful impression on me then, and I’ve often thought of it since.

  • Nelson Peltz | Success Advice from Successful People

    CEO, Trian Fund Management It was my dad who gave me the best advice of my 45-year career: “Get sales up, and keep expenses down.” That sounds simplistic, but it’s the way my father got 4% margins in his food business when his competitors made 1% or 2%. The goal is to get revenues moving…

  • Joanna Shields | Success Advice from Successful People

    President, Bebo.com I go back to things my dad said: “Your career is long and the business world is small. Always act with integrity. Never take the last dollar off the table.” In my dealings to sell Bebo [to AOL], this advice was critical. You can always do a slightly better deal, but that incremental…

  • 7 Secrets Of Success From My Room

    7 Secrets of Success… I found the answers in my room. Roof said: Aim high. Fan said: Be cool. Clock said: Every min. is precious. Mirror said: Reflect before you act. Window said: See the world. Calendar said: Be up-to-date. Door said: Push hard to achieve your goals.

  • Success vs Dreams | The Problems of Success | Neil Gaiman

    In Neil Gaiman’s Commencement Speech, he discusses problems of success. One of Gaiman’s problems has stuck in my mind. This is the maintenance of success and the resulting increasing inability to chase dreams. This is the battle of Success vs Dreams.