Having success as a team is much more fun than having individual success. I have learned this lesson through the many wins I have experienced as a team.
The beauty of the media business is all about what is next. You put your mistakes behind you. Learn from them and move on to the next project. Having some degree of success is integral to a risk-taking balance.
I've had a lot of success by myself, but it's not good when you can't go and accomplish things as a team and have success as a team.
We're in the business not so much of being contrarians deliberately, but rather we like to take perceived risk instead of actual risk. And what I mean by that is that you get paid for taking a risk that people think is risky, you particularly don't get paid for taking actual risk.
There's not an instruction manual on how to deal with success, so you just have to rely on having great friends and a good team.
There is always the risk in advocating for democracy that the first people to wake up might not be your team, but that is a risk worth taking. I would rather have citizens I don't agree with organized and active than an oligarchy of people that I agree with.
The biggest risk is not taking any risk... In a world that changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.
The biggest risk is not taking any risk... In a world that is changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.
I've always been very competitive, and a part of that is pushing your boundaries - taking a risk and being able to live with the loss that comes with taking a risk.
Success is not winning the World Cup. It may be a goal in your mind but success is having a team that is improving all the time.
The companies that choose to list on Nasdaq are among the most innovative, risk-taking businesses in the world, and they are proof to us all that prudent risk-taking drives our economy forward.
For me there is so many factors in football, that's why it's the greatest team game. There are so many things that lead into having success, just like when you have a ton of success and when you have no success, it's not just you.
You know, quarterbacks, I think greatness in quarterbacks is taking what you've got, whether it's a great team, a good team, or a struggling team and make them better.
When you see people taking shots who were on the same team and wearing the same jerseys, that's a sign of not having that team camaraderie.
In the media business and as a creative executive, if you don't take risks, you're dead in the water. Calculated risk-taking is essential for success.
Delegating work works, provided the one delegating works, too.