Steven Bartlett > Quotes

“Stop telling yourself you’re not qualified, good enough or worthy. Growth happens when you start doing the things you’re not qualified to do.”
― Steven Bartlett, The Diary of a CEO: The 33 Laws of Business and Life

“if you want to keep someone’s brain lit up and receptive to your point of view, you must not start your response with a statement of disagreement.”
― Steven Bartlett, The Diary of a CEO: The 33 Laws of Business and Life

“Maybe you’ve always been happy, but the world, social media and external comparisons have convinced you that you can’t possibly be.”
― Steven Bartlett, Happy Sexy Millionaire

“Time is both free and priceless. The person you are now is a consequence of how you used your time in the past. The person you’ll become in the future is a consequence of how you use your time in the present. Spend your time wisely, gamble it intrinsically and save it diligently.”
― Steven Bartlett, Happy Sexy Millionaire

“if you go through life believing that happiness is somewhere in your future, it always will be – it will never be where you are now.”
― Steven Bartlett, Happy Sexy Millionaire

“Some people just can’t seem to deal with any uncertainty in their lives, and time and time again they find themselves imprisoned in situations that kill their happiness, push them towards despair and gradually disintegrate their self-esteem. They don’t realise that in their attempt to avoid uncertainty and the short-term discomfort it might bring, they’re actually inadvertently opting for long-term misery. I believe that the happiness you’ll find across all areas of your life – your work, your relationships and everything in between – will positively correlate to your ability to deal with uncertainty.”
― Steven Bartlett, Happy Sexy Millionaire

“One can have no smaller or greater mastery than mastery of oneself; you will never have a greater or lesser dominion than that over yourself; the height of your success is gauged by your self-mastery, the depth of your failure by your self-abandonment. Those who cannot establish dominion over themselves will have no dominion over others.”
― Steven Bartlett, The Diary of a CEO: The 33 Laws of Business and Life

“THE FIVE BUCKETS 1. What you know (your knowledge) 2. What you can do (your skills) 3. Who you know (your network) 4. What you have (your resources) 5. What the world thinks of you (your reputation)”
― Steven Bartlett, The Diary of a CEO: The 33 Laws of Business and Life

“They trap you in the toxic narrative that quitting is a weakness, an easy way out or, worse yet, that quitting is failure. I assure you – quitting is for winners and quitting is a skill.”
― Steven Bartlett, Happy Sexy Millionaire

“If you truly care about being happy in your life and successful in your work, you have little choice. You have to become the author of your own ‘script’, one written by your heart, not one directed by your society.”
― Steven Bartlett, Happy Sexy Millionaire

“Fundamentally we’re all the by-product of not what has happened to us, but how we chose to handle it.”
― Steven Bartlett, Happy Sexy Millionaire

“Be grateful, for gratitude can bring life to life, it can turn a meal to a feast, resentment to love, a grudge to forgiveness, an enemy to a friend, a disease to hope and you to enough.”
― Steven Bartlett, Happy Sexy Millionaire

“Stories are the single most powerful weapon any leader can arm themselves with – they are the currency of humanity. Those who tell captivating, inspiring, emotional stories rule the world.”
― Steven Bartlett, The Diary of a CEO: The 33 Laws of Business and Life

“We usually start our professional life acquiring knowledge (school, university, etc.), and when this knowledge is applied, we call it a skill. When you have knowledge and skills you become professionally valuable to others and your network grows. Consequently, when you have knowledge, skills and a network, your access to resources expands, and once you have knowledge, skills, a valuable network and resources, you will undoubtedly earn a reputation.”
― Steven Bartlett, The Diary of a CEO: The 33 Laws of Business and Life

“your success will be defined by your attitude towards the small stuff – the things most people overlook, ignore or don’t care about. The easiest way to do big things is by focusing on the small things.”
― Steven Bartlett, The Diary of a CEO: The 33 Laws of Business and Life

“The Law: To master it, you must create an obligation to teach it Learn more, simplify more and share more. Your consistency will further your progress, the feedback will refine your skill and following this law will lead to mastery.”
― Steven Bartlett, The Diary of a CEO: The 33 Laws of Business and Life

“This third law – to never disagree – is the critical skill that will allow you to become an effective negotiator, speaker, salesperson, business leader, writer – and partner.”
― Steven Bartlett, The Diary of a CEO: The 33 Laws of Business and Life

“Live in accordance with your outside world and you’ll soon find misery. Live in accordance with your inside world and you’ll soon find happiness.”
― Steven Bartlett, Happy Sexy Millionaire

“You wouldn't plant a seed and then dig it up every few minutes to see if it has grown. So why do you keep questioning yourself, your hard work and your decisions? Have patience ... and keep watering your seeds.”
― Steven Bartlett

“Lo habitual es comenzar nuestra vida profesional adquiriendo conocimientos (la escuela, la universidad, etc.). Esos conocimientos aplicados es lo que llamamos capacidades.”
― Steven Bartlett, Diario de un CEO

“comprender que un trabajo en que ganes un poco más (recursos), pero que te brinde menos conocimientos y capacidades no es un trabajo rentable.”
― Steven Bartlett, Diario de un CEO

“SET THE STAGE: Gather relevant team members and clearly explain the purpose of the pre-mortem analysis – to identify potential risks and weaknesses, not to criticise the project or individuals. 2. FAST-FORWARD TO FAILURE: Ask your team to imagine that the project has failed and encourage them to visualise the scenario in vivid detail. 3. BRAINSTORM REASONS FOR FAILURE: Instruct each team member to independently generate a list of reasons that could have led to the project’s failure, considering both internal and external factors. It’s important that this is done independently and on paper to avoid groupthink. 4. SHARE AND DISCUSS: Have each team member share their reasons for failure, fostering an open and non-judgemental discussion to uncover potential risks and challenges. 5. DEVELOP CONTINGENCY PLANS: Based on the identified risks and challenges, work together to create contingency plans and strategies to either mitigate or avoid these potential pitfalls altogether.”
― Steven Bartlett, The Diary of a CEO: The 33 Laws of Business and Life

“we subjectively accept evidence to be true based on our experiences and biases.”
― Steven Bartlett, The Diary of a CEO: The 33 Laws of Business and Life

“get”
― Steven Bartlett, The Diary of a CEO: The 33 Laws of Business and Life

“an investment in the first bucket (knowledge) is the highest-yielding investment you can make. Because when that knowledge is applied (skill), it inevitably cascades to fill your remaining buckets.”
― Steven Bartlett, The Diary of a CEO: The 33 Laws of Business and Life

“in all aspects of life”
― Steven Bartlett, The Diary of a CEO: The 33 Laws of Business and Life

“THE TEN STEPS TO BUILDING A COMPANY CULTURE 1. Define the company’s core values and align them with aspects such as mission, vision, principles or purpose to create a solid foundation for the organisation. 2. Integrate the desired culture into every aspect of the company, including hiring policies, processes and procedures across all departments and functions. 3. Agree upon expected behaviours and standards for all team members, promoting a positive work environment. 4. Establish a purpose that goes beyond the company’s commercial goals, fostering a deeper connection for employees. 5. Use myths, stories, company-specific vocabulary and legends, along with symbols and habits, to reinforce the company culture and embed it in the collective consciousness. 6. Develop a unique identity as a group and cultivate a sense of exclusivity and pride within the team. 7. Create an atmosphere that celebrates achievements, progress, and living the company culture, boosting motivation and pride. 8. Encourage camaraderie, community and a sense of belonging among team members, encourage mutual dependence and a collective sense of obligation, reinforcing the interconnected nature of the team. 9. Remove barriers and enable employees to express themselves authentically and embrace their individuality within the organisation. 10. Emphasise the unique qualities and contributions of both employees and the collective, positioning them as distinct and exceptional.”
― Steven Bartlett, The Diary of a CEO: The 33 Laws of Business and Life

“There are only two buckets that any such professional earthquake can never empty - it can take away your network, it can take your resources, it can even impact your reputation, but it can never remove your knowledge and it can never unlearn your skills.”
― Steven Bartlett, The Diary of a CEO: The 33 Laws of Business and Life

“In 1903, the president of a leading bank had certainly leaned out when he told Henry Ford – the founder of Ford Motor Company – ‘The horse is here to stay but the automobile is only a novelty – a fad.’ In 1992, Andy Grove, the CEO of Intel, had clearly leaned out when he said: ‘The idea of a personal communicator in every pocket is a pipe dream driven by greed.’ And the former CEO of Microsoft Steve Ballmer had certainly leaned out when he laughed at Apple and said, ‘There’s no chance that the iPhone is going to get any significant market share.”
― Steven Bartlett, The Diary of a CEO: The 33 Laws of Business and Life

“Those who hoard gold have riches for a moment.
Those who hoard knowledge and skills have riches for a lifetime.
True prosperity is what you know and what you can do.”
― Steven Bartlett, The Diary of a CEO: The 33 Laws of Business and Life