Mellody Hobson

I know what I want to know. I don't want to have people bullshit me. I really want to know. And I think a lot of times we don't tell people what they need to know to make them better. Now, the question is, how do you do it in a way that you don't have to be I remember Dick Parsons. I was on the board of Estee Lauder with him for years and years.

I know what I want to know. I don't want to have people bullshit me. I really want to know. And I think a lot of times we don't tell people what they need to know to make them better. Now, the question is, how do you do it in a way that you don't have to be I remember Dick Parsons. I was on the board of Estee Lauder with him for years and years.

I once asked him for feedback and I said, Dick, be brutally honest with me. He said, I'll be honest, but I don't need to be brutal. And so I do think that I always want to know. And so I believe people want to know. What I've learned is everyone doesn't. But I still think it's my job to try to give the feedback that will be in the best interest of the firm. all of us.

I once asked him for feedback and I said, Dick, be brutally honest with me. He said, I'll be honest, but I don't need to be brutal. And so I do think that I always want to know. And so I believe people want to know. What I've learned is everyone doesn't. But I still think it's my job to try to give the feedback that will be in the best interest of the firm. all of us.

There's an unrelaxing way in the world to wake up. I know, but I do. I look at my phone. I have to, I'm on the West Coast. The East Coast might be up.

There's an unrelaxing way in the world to wake up. I know, but I do. I look at my phone. I have to, I'm on the West Coast. The East Coast might be up.

The last thing I do before I go to bed is I go into my daughter's room and tell her to go to bed and hug her again.

The last thing I do before I go to bed is I go into my daughter's room and tell her to go to bed and hug her again.

I want my sports fund to work and I want Ariel to be successful. It's always the same. I just want us to get better at what we do. I don't have any sort of new thing that I have to do.

I want my sports fund to work and I want Ariel to be successful. It's always the same. I just want us to get better at what we do. I don't have any sort of new thing that I have to do.

My daughter to turn out okay. That's my only job. Like that one feels mission critical, existential. It feels like if I don't do that well, I have failed at everything. And I know she's counting on me. So everything else is a backseat to that. and it feels more important every day. It's different when they're four and when they're 11 and everything feels different.

My daughter to turn out okay. That's my only job. Like that one feels mission critical, existential. It feels like if I don't do that well, I have failed at everything. And I know she's counting on me. So everything else is a backseat to that. and it feels more important every day. It's different when they're four and when they're 11 and everything feels different.

So in my personal life, I want her to, I don't want to damage her.

So in my personal life, I want her to, I don't want to damage her.

Wow. There've been so many. I love the book, Buffett, The Making of the American Capitalist by Roger Lowenstein. That's my favorite business book. I love the book, Grit. And more recently, I love the book, Unreasonable Hospitality by Will Godera. It's about a restaurant. I love that book. That one really It is so good.

Wow. There've been so many. I love the book, Buffett, The Making of the American Capitalist by Roger Lowenstein. That's my favorite business book. I love the book, Grit. And more recently, I love the book, Unreasonable Hospitality by Will Godera. It's about a restaurant. I love that book. That one really It is so good.

I think I had a perception of people's accomplishments that I valued in a way that I don't value today. What I mean by that is not to belittle their accomplishments, but I care more about heart and soul. than titles or money or influence. And so I value people who care about other people.

I think I had a perception of people's accomplishments that I valued in a way that I don't value today. What I mean by that is not to belittle their accomplishments, but I care more about heart and soul. than titles or money or influence. And so I value people who care about other people.

I always valued it, but I would spend so much time reading about the greats and what made them great and all of those things. Now I want to understand what makes a person a good person. That's a fantastic answer.

I always valued it, but I would spend so much time reading about the greats and what made them great and all of those things. Now I want to understand what makes a person a good person. That's a fantastic answer.