Speakers in the public record
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17 published records
“I actually have your book right here and if folks want to learn more, here it is, Seven Rules of Power. This is your fourth book about power, and this is your best book about power, because it basically summarizes everything you've learned in a really cohesive way.”
- Publisher
- Lenny's Podcast
“I'm not sure I like Taylor Swift, but I certainly want to go see Taylor Swift because everybody else is.”
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- Lenny's Podcast
“If I think power is dirty, the first thing that's going to happen is I'm not going to do what I need to do to be successful in my career.”
- Publisher
- Lenny's Podcast
“You can go to the website and get the book. But I think consistent with what you and I have talked about, if all you do is read, you're not going to make very much progress.”
- Publisher
- Lenny's Podcast
“Maybe you want to reach out to them and say, here's an article I think you'd be interested in.”
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- Lenny's Podcast
“There's a guy named Regis McKenna who is older than God, who's famous for running a very, very, very fancy public relations firm in the Silicon Valley. And his biggest contribution to life, as well as by the way to his personal wealth, is that he made Steve Jobs Steve Jobs.”
- Publisher
- Lenny's Podcast
“One of the conventional wisdoms that people I think adhere to way too much, is don't ask.”
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- Lenny's Podcast
“I actually don't read, I shouldn't probably say this on the public, but I don't actually read my course evaluations because the impact I want to have is not to have people like me, but to have that kind of impact.”
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- Lenny's Podcast
“You got that job because you have the skills to make your organization successful. And if you do not use those skills because you're worried about what everybody else is thinking, you are not only harming yourself, but you're harming them because you are not doing what you were hired to do.”
- Publisher
- Lenny's Podcast
“I have a list of some of the stuff you actually recommend for looking and appearing powerful.”
- Publisher
- Lenny's Podcast
“I think I am going to link to the case study in our show notes where you basically walk through how he went from nothing to a very powerful person.”
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- Lenny's Podcast
“When the five-foot-two Jack Valenti appeared, because of his presence, because of his body language, because of his Texas drawl, because of how he moved on the stage, he felt bigger.”
- Publisher
- Lenny's Podcast
“Stanford runs a program because the NFL is serious, I think, about trying to make more opportunity for people, underrepresented minorities.”
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- Lenny's Podcast
“There are many ways to get promoted, but I will guarantee you one thing, no one is going to promote Lenny if they don't know who the hell you are.”
- Publisher
- Lenny's Podcast
“"Acknowledge that others are often no better than you, because that makes you feel better about the story.”
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- Lenny's Podcast
“Laura said, I do not work for Andreessen Horowitz, I do not work for Sequoia, I don't work for Greylock, I don't work for any of these very visible large VC firms. So if I am going to get deals in the consumer space, that's her domain of expertise is consumer and consumer tech, somebody is going to have to know who Laura Chau is.”
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- Lenny's Podcast
“Don't think of yourself as not deserving of the job that you hold, because that attitude will leak out and other people will say, if Lenny doesn't think he deserved the job, then maybe I shouldn't think he deserves the job either.”
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- Lenny's Podcast