Sustainability makes good business sense, and we're all on the same team at the end of the day. That's the truth about the human condition.
Paul PolmanRead
Africa's vibrancy and entrepreneurial spirit is un-matched. There's huge potential here to grow business, create jobs, and to improve living standards.
Interpretation
Africa possesses great potential for business growth and job creation, driven by its vibrant entrepreneurial spirit.
Paul Polman's quote highlights the unique energetic spirit and entrepreneurial potential found in Africa. He emphasizes that this vibrancy presents significant opportunities for business development, job creation, and overall improvement in living standards, suggesting that the continent is ripe for investment and innovation.
In practice
During a business conference discussing emerging markets.
Sustainability makes good business sense, and we're all on the same team at the end of the day. That's the truth about the human condition.
I think the most important thing is to achieve what you set out to achieve. Just being a CEO in itself is not success. I would not relate success to a title or a position.
Let's work together to make our economies strong and our climate sustainable. It can be done.
I discovered a long time ago that if I focus on doing the right thing for the long term to improve the lives of consumers and customers all over the world, the business results will come.
Permissible growth in the future has to be based on sustainable and equitable models.
The young give us hope because young people are certain their best days still lie ahead - which explains why they're absolutely convinced they can change the world for the better.
A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.
If my efforts have led to greater success than usual, this is due, I believe, to the fact that during my wanderings in the field of medicine, I have strayed onto paths where the gold was still lying by the wayside. It takes a little luck to be able to distinguish gold from dross, but that is all.
Arsenal have won that advantage, nobody gave it to them. By playing fantastic football and by winning matches and by winning trophies, they won that respect that the opponent has for them.
The two most important requirements for major success are: first, being in the right place at the right time, and second, doing something about it.
Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to cut all sources of retreat. Only by doing so can one be sure of maintaining that state of mind known as a burning desire to win - essential to success.
If you start today to do the right thing, you are already a success even if it doesnβt show yet.
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