A Quote by Donny Deutsch

My philosophy is to always find the smartest people you can. Hire people smarter than you.

Donny Deutsch

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Donny Deutsch
American - Businessman
Born: November 22, 1957

There are very few black-and-white truths in management or in business, but one that I have found is that people either hire people who are smarter than them, or people hire people they can control.

Nancy Dubuc

Always be smarter than the people who hire you.

Lena Horne

Don't ever be afraid to hire people that are smarter than you. Just because they are smarter than you doesn't mean they have to make more money.

Chris Gardner

If you hire people who are smarter than you, maybe you are showing that you are a little bit smarter than them.

Howard Wilkinson

I always make sure I hire people smarter than me.

Aliko Dangote

A good leader is always looking for people smarter and more experienced than they are. If you are the smartest one in the room, then you are stupid.

Robert Kiyosaki

When you hire people that are smarter than you are, you prove you are smarter than they are.

Robert Henry Grant

Greg Gutfeld is funnier than all the smart people I know, and smarter than all the funny people I know. I don't know what that makes him. But one of the smartest, funniest people I know, is fair to say.

Matt Labash

If you have the ability to work with people smarter than you, always try to be the least smartest person in the room and surround yourself with talent, because iron sharpens iron.

Jake M. Johnson

We hire people who are smarter than us.

Joe Gebbia

I try to surround myself with people smarter than me - if I'm the smartest guy in the room, I change rooms.

Adam Neumann

Under the right circumstances, groups are remarkably smart - smarter even sometimes than the smartest people in them.

James Surowiecki

Hire people smarter than you are and encourage them to bloom.

Ben Bradlee

Try never to be the smartest person in the room. And if you are, I suggest you invite smarter people... or find a different room.

Michael Dell

I've learned that success comes in a very prickly package. Whether you choose to accept it or not is up to you. It's what you choose to do with it, the people you choose to surround yourself with. Always choose people that are better than you. Always choose people that challenge you and are smarter than you. Always be the student. Once you find yourself to be the teacher, you've lost it.