Words matter. These are the best Chip Conley Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
When I started my hotel company, Joie de Vivre, at the age of 26, I saw this venture as my ticket to freedom.
Social scientists have found that the fastest way to feel happiness is to practice gratitude.
Bali is one of my favorite places in the world. In one of my past lives, I believe I was living on the island of Bali.
I’d done my time in corporate America, from McDonald’s making shakes to Morgan Stanley making deals and, yet, I felt awfully constrained by the uniform – not just my clothes, but how I felt I needed to conform – that a traditional job required me to wear.
When the world is in the midst of change, when adversity and opportunity are almost indistinguishable, this is the time for visionary leadership and when leaders need to look beyond the survival needs of those they’re serving.
If an employee told you he had the flu, you’d send him home. If an employee told you he was feeling anxious, you’d probably tell him to get back to work. But the emotion is just as contagious as a flu virus.
The more externally chaotic the world becomes, the more we need sound internal logic, especially when it comes to our emotions.
Every five years, I like to do a big birthday party. I had my 45th birthday with 75 friends in Marrakesh, Morocco.
I know that when I attached my sense of identity a little too closely to my work that I might be distracting myself from feelings of unworthiness. It wasn’t the number of hours I worked or how bloodshot my eyes were that defined the difference. It was something internal.
Great leaders help their people see how they can directly impact the company’s objectives and their own personal goals.
When people get into that fight-or-flight place, then they move away from the creative centers of their brain.
People don’t realize how much control they do have. The more you can show them this control, the easier it is to tap back into the creative side of the brain that allows people to see possibilities and options.
At the heart of great leadership is a curious mind, heart, and spirit.
In general, I’m not much into etiquette and am a rule-breaker and rebel by nature.
Companies and leaders are role models – not just with the business community – but in the broader world.
