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Mark Goulston Quotes

Human beings invent just as many ways to sabotage their lives as to improve them.

Human beings invent just as many ways to sabotage their lives as to improve them.

Mark Goulston
Way, Mankind, Sabotage
Mark Goulston, Philip Goldberg (1996). “Get Out of Your Own Way: Overcoming Self-Defeating Behavior”, p.177, Penguin

The measure of self-assurance is how deeply and sincerely interested you are in others; the measure of insecurity is how much you try to impress them with you.

Mark Goulston
Self, Insecurity, Trying
Mark Goulston (2015). “Just Listen: Discover the Secret to Getting Through to Absolutely Anyone”, p.63, AMACOM Div American Mgmt Assn

Wealth is what you take from the world; worth is what you give back.

Mark Goulston
Giving, World, Giving Back
Mark Goulston (2006). “Get Out of Your Own Way at Work--and Help Others Do the Same: Conquer Self-defeating Behavior on the Job”, p.248, Penguin

Be more interested than interesting.

Mark Goulston
Interesting, Connecting
Mark Goulston (2015). “Just Listen: Discover the Secret to Getting Through to Absolutely Anyone”, p.55, AMACOM Div American Mgmt Assn

Understanding a person's hunger and responding to it is one of the most potent tools you'll ever discover for getting through to anyone you meet in business or your personal life.

Mark Goulston
Understanding, Tools, Hunger
Mark Goulston (2015). “Just Listen: Discover the Secret to Getting Through to Absolutely Anyone”, p.21, AMACOM Div American Mgmt Assn