I'm interested in listening to the people who walk in the door. If your ego and your accomplishments stop you from listening, then they've taught you nothing.
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes the importance of humility and the willingness to listen to others, regardless of one’s own achievements.
Jimmy Iovine highlights the crucial role of active listening in leadership and personal growth. He suggests that when one's ego or sense of accomplishment hinders the ability to listen to others, it prevents learning and understanding. True wisdom comes from engaging with different perspectives, and overcoming pride is essential for continual growth and development.
In practice
During a team meeting, you can quote this to emphasize the importance of valuing everyone's input.
That diploma you hold in your hands today is really just your learner's permit for the rest of the drive through life. Remember, you don't have to be smarter than the next person, all you have to do is be willing to work harder than the next person.
Elvis Presley was the big bang. He was the most influential single figure in the history of American pop culture. He changed the way we looked, thought, dressed, held a guitar. He didn't invent rock & roll, but he defined it in a way that everyone who followed him owes him a debt.
Labels need to work with artists to help them achieve their best work, not to jam records out that are half-baked or three-quarters baked.
...I never heard him abuse an enemy. Some of the cruel things said about President Lincoln, particularly in the North, used to pierce him to the heart; but never in my presence did he evince a revengeful disposition.
I’d like them to say that Shirley Chisholm had guts. That’s how I’d like to be remembered.
He that thinketh he leadeth and hath no one following him is only taking a walk.
I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of leadership are universal and are often about finding ways of encouraging people to combine their efforts, their talents, their insights, their enthusiasm and their inspiration to work together.
Be a role model not a critic. Don't tell your children, your peers, or your subordinates what to do - show them. And when the lesson is over, keep showing them by demonstrating that your actions are part of your character, not part of their curriculum.
People thrive on positive reinforcement. They can take only a certain amount of criticism and you may lose them altogether if you criticize them in a personal way... you can make a point without being personal. Don't insult or belittle your people. Instead of getting more out of them you will get less
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