Martin Svoboda

“If you want to increase your success rate, double your failure rate.”

Thomas Watson, Jr. (1914–1993) American businessman and diplomat

“If you approach a negotiation thinking the other guy thinks like you, you are wrong. That's not empathy, that's a projection.”

Chris Voss book Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It

“The fastest and most efficient means of establishing a quick working relationship is to acknowledge the negative and diffuse it.”

Chris Voss book Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It

“A great player is a player who can do everything on the field. He can do assists, encourage his colleagues, give them confidence to go forward. It is someone who, when a team does not do well, becomes one of the leaders.”

Pelé (1940–2022) Brazilian association football player

“Politicians should wear sponsor jackets like Nascar drivers, then we know who owns them.”

Robin Williams (1951–2014) American actor and stand-up comedian

“Taking your first title is much more complicated and more difficult; it takes years of work – from go-kart to Formula One. The second comes more easily, because you’ve already got the experience.”

Niki Lauda (1949–2019) Austrian former Formula 1 racing driver

“Obstacles can't stop you. Problems can't stop you. Most of all others can't stop you. The only one who stops you is yourself.”

Jeffrey Gitomer (1946) American writer

“Praise and bless everything in your life! When you are praising and blessing you are on the highest frequency of love. – The Secret”

Ralph Smart

“A smile is an inexpensive way to change your looks.”

Charles Gordy

“Having no problems is the biggest problem of all.”

Taiichi Ohno (1912–1990) Japanese businessman and engineer

“Without standards, there can be no improvement.”

Taiichi Ohno (1912–1990) Japanese businessman and engineer

“Costs do not exist to be calculated. Costs exist to be reduced.”

Taiichi Ohno (1912–1990) Japanese businessman and engineer

“He knew that when he kissed this girl, and forever wed his unutterable visions to her perishable breath, his mind would never romp again like the mind of God. So he waited, listening for a moment longer to the tuning-fork that had been struck upon a star. Then he kissed her. At his lips’ touch she blossomed for him like a flower and the incarnation was complete.”

F. Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby

“I've been waiting for the guide to come and take me by the hand.”

Ian Curtis (1956–1980) musician and songwriter

“Let it go, you've got to forget about revenge. Believe me, in this work I've met a lot of guys who feel the way you do. Trust me, for those who follow the path of revenge, it never ends well. You'll only tear yourself apart and even if you succeed with your revenge, what would you have then... nothing, emptiness.”

Hatake Kakashi book Naruto

“Try to accept yourself as you are, the Universe made you that way for a reason, in time you will realise why.”

Ralph Smart

“Leadership is always about people.”

Simon Sinek (1973) British/American author and motivational speaker

“A superhero movie is only as great as its villains.”

Chadwick Boseman (1976–2020) American actor

“Though our lives are finite, life is infinite. We can start thinking about our legacy, the impact we'll have on the lives of others, today.”

Simon Sinek (1973) British/American author and motivational speaker