Lloyd Blankfein
π€ SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
And, you know, the important thing is to get people β people will learn that through experience.
But one of the things you could do as a leader, mentor, advisor to people is get people β
to appreciate that without having them go through the experience of it.
So you tell them that.
One of the things I used to do with people, I said, how many of you go home
to your spouse, to your wife, or your boyfriend, or your girlfriend, and talk about your boss.
And everybody twitters and says, I do, everybody does.
Well, guess what?
And they would do this to the people who just got newly promoted.
Guess what?
The people who report to you are going home to their spouse, and every night they're talking about you.
Totally.
Do you realize that?
Totally.
They don't realize that.
You have to think of who you become, and you have to have that sense of yourself before you can have an impact on others.
You have to realize that.
And so at the end of them, then I would say, what do you want them saying about you?
You're not there to be.