From Time's Top 100 Influencers for 2013, I picked a few names and went searching for inspiration...
Valerie Jarrett (Senior Adviser to Obama)
"Anytime I was hesitant about taking a chance, my grandmother would say, “Valerie, put yourself in the path of lightning.” You can have it all, just not at the same time and all in the proportions that you may want."
Elon Musk (American entrepreneur, founder of SpaceX and co-founder of Tesla Motors and PayPal)
"You've got to communicate, particularly within the company, the true state of the company. When people really understand it's do or die but if we work hard and pull through, there's going to be a great outcome, people will give it everything they've got."
Kevin Systrom (CEO of Instagram)
"Work/life balance…Inherent in the term is an assumption that work and life are diametrically opposed. I actually think some of my best moments in life have been while I was with people from Instagram – whether it’s super late nights getting a release out or being able to travel to places I’d never visited and meeting some of the most interesting people I’ve ever met."
Ted Sarandos (Netflix Chief Content Officer)
"As if anything in life is not execution dependent. Breathing is execution-dependent. So yes, we have all the elements of a good show that lines up with the viewing data that we have. But it still has to be well executed."
Sheryl Sandberg (Businesswoman & Author; Chief Operating Officer of Facebook)
"I don’t believe there are stereotypical forms of male and female leadership. But I think there are things we’re encouraged to do as women that can be good for all leaders. Women are often very good listeners. They are often good consensus builders. They can make teams cohesive."
John Brennan (CIA Director)
"They really were trying to do what they thought was the right thing to do, based on their sense of morality. So who am I to judge them? Because they were operating on what they think. I like to give them the benefit of the doubt that they really believe this."
Marissa Mayer (CEO of Yahoo!)
"I always did something I was a little not ready to do. That feeling at the end of the day, where you're like, 'what have I gotten myself into?' - I realized that sometimes when you have that feeling and you push through it, something really great happens."
Mary Nichols (Environmentalist)
"I am committed to completing the work I am doing here, whenever that is. I've never had any desire to think of myself as a retired person. I will always be working; it is just a question of where. Whatever the job description is, I can't imagine not continuing to work on the issues and for the causes that I've cared about all of these years."
Kai-Fu Lee (Computer scientist)
"The size and scope of the organization is limited by two things. One is how many great people can you hire and mentor. And second, how many ideas can you generate."
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