“It's ok to say I don't know. Realizing this earlier in my career would have put me more at ease.” Quote by Kabir Sehgal
“It's a Wonderful Life. This film illustrates that if you treat your customers with respect, they will recognize you and even help when you're most in need.” IfsNeedsHelpingFilmWonderfulTreatsCustomersWonderful LifeIt's A Wonderful Life Author:Kabir Sehgal
“Albert Murray's The Omni-Americans is the most valuable non-business book because it discusses how you have to draw upon everyone's creativity. America is a mash-up of cultures and traditions, and great businesses know how to tap the strengths of all their employees, whatever their background may be.” KnowsMayBookAmericaCultureCreativityKnow HowDrawsTraditionValuableBackgroundsEmployeeGreat BusinessMash UpCultures And Traditions Author:Kabir Sehgal
“"Begin with where you are." Everyone is looking to get ahead, but you get ahead by doing well at the things that are immediately in front of you.Start with the people around you, learn from them, and invest in them.” PeopleWellsFrontsWhere You AreGet Ahead Author:Kabir Sehgal
“Look at Google. They are re-organizing their businesses ,even renaming it with Alphabet, so they can be bolder and make strategic mistakes and then learn from them. But most companies aren't Google in that they make incremental changes and don't go for the moon shot.” LooksMistakeCompanyMoonShotsGoogleStrategicAlphabetIncremental Change Author:Kabir Sehgal
“One of the best ways to convince someone is to use a telling example, a story, a narrative. When Steve Jobs announced a new product, he told a story, exzlaining how a product would change the world as we know it. He turned Apple into a story whose challenges and adventures you want to hear about.” KnowsWorldWayWantStoriesUseJobsChallengesExampleAdventureProductsBest WayNarrativeApplesChanging The WorldConvinceNew Products Author:Kabir Sehgal
“Persistence. Change doesn't happen overnight. You have to stay with it. Rosa Parks helped start the Civil Rights movement in earnest in 1955. Then it was nearly a decade until the Civil Rights Act was passed.” HappensRightsMovementDecadesCivil RightsPersistenceParksEarnestCivil Rights MovementRosaCivil Rights Act Author:Kabir Sehgal
“Gone is the day where you work at a job for thirty years and retire. Millennials jump around and switch careers. I think it's important for CEOs to highlight career mobility within a company, so that employees don't get bored and continue to be stimulated.” ThinkingYearsImportantJobsCompanyCareersGoneBoredThirtyEmployeeRetiringCeoThirty YearsHighlightsMobilityMillennials Author:Kabir Sehgal
“Researchers have found that identical twins who have been separated for long periods of time actually invest in a similar manner. Biology really does affect how we spend money.” LongDoeHas BeensFoundPeriodsBiologyTwinsIdenticalResearchersLong Periods Of TimeIdentical Twin Author:Kabir Sehgal
“On a biological level, the brain registers money as something valuable - even a dollar bill which has no intrinsic value, it's just paper.” ValuesLevelsBrainPaperBillsDollarsValuableRegisterIntrinsic ValueDollar Bills Author:Kabir Sehgal
“I don't think money can be understood through a lens limited to economics. And most books about money tell you the history of money, the instrument. But money is also an idea, one that we exchange to survive.” ThinkingBookIdeasUnderstoodEconomicsInstrumentsLenses Author:Kabir Sehgal