Chip Conley Quotes & Sayings

What one thing can you start counting today that will actually be meaningful in your life? — Chip Conley

We're all human. It's the most important, neglected fact in business. — Chip Conley

Someone could be amazing at what they do, but if you don't like them, why bother hiring them? — Chip Conley

When any of us thinks of ourselves as a role model - whether that's as a parent being observed by their kids or a leader under the microscope of their followers - it creates a natural stepping up of how we carry ourselves and what we expect from ourselves. — Chip Conley

At the heart of great leadership is a curious mind, heart, and spirit. — Chip Conley

The more externally chaotic the world becomes, the more we need sound internal logic, especially when it comes to our emotions. — Chip Conley

My life is scattered and busy. I think of my home as a resort. When I step through the door, I feel relaxed. I almost feel like I've taken a vacation. — Chip Conley

Companies and leaders are role models - not just with the business community - but in the broader world. — Chip Conley

Many people do not distinguish between something that happens to them and their reaction to it. Yet it isn't the event or situation that holds the emotional charge; it's our beliefs that create our response. — Chip Conley

Bali is one of my favorite places in the world. In one of my past lives, I believe I was living on the island of Bali. — Chip Conley

Daniel Goleman has proven that two-thirds of the success in business is based upon our Emotional Intelligence as opposed to our IQ or our level of experience. As we look for the next crop of future CEOs, maybe it's time for America's corporations to start interviewing grads from the psychology master's programs rather than the M.B.A. programs. — Chip Conley

The intersection of psychology and business is typically seen as being as congested, stressful, and emotionally barren as a peak commute traffic day on the L.A. freeways. But, thankfully, we live in an era in which neuroscientists are teaching us about the malleability of our brain and the emotionally contagious nature of our workplaces. — Chip Conley

When people get into that fight-or-flight place, then they move away from the creative centers of their brain. — Chip Conley

Feeling good about your life, but not expressing a heartfelt 'thank you,' is like wrapping a gift for someone and never giving it to them. — Chip Conley

Younger people tend to associate happiness more with excitement and the future, while older people tend to associate happiness with peacefulness in the present. — Chip Conley

I don't know about you, but I've saved cards that old high school flames wrote me as well as those that employees have written me over the years. The power of genuine, customized appreciation will never lose its value, even in a gloomy economy ... in fact, it's probably what we're all thirsty for in this desert of a depression. — Chip Conley

The more we ignore our emotions, the more likely they are to wield a powerful influence over us. — Chip Conley

We rigidify our self-image to portray a certain identity to the world, which is one of the key impediments to authenticity. — Chip Conley

Those of us who have been lucky enough to experience a calling in our work have a certain faith and peace of mind that it's exactly when we're supposed to be doing. — Chip Conley

In general, I'm not much into etiquette and am a rule-breaker and rebel by nature. — Chip Conley

Make curiosity a wonder-ful habit. — Chip Conley

People don't realize how much control they do have. The more you can show them this control, the easier it is to tap back into the creative side of the brain that allows people to see possibilities and options. — Chip Conley

Letting an emotion move through you is healthy. Letting an emotion define you is not. — Chip Conley

Whether we're conscious of it or not, our work and personal lives are made up of daily rituals, including when we eat our meals, how we shower or groom, or how we approach our daily descent into the digital world of email communication. — Chip Conley

When the world is in the midst of change, when adversity and opportunity are almost indistinguishable, this is the time for visionary leadership and when leaders need to look beyond the survival needs of those they're serving. — Chip Conley

If an employee told you he had the flu, you'd send him home. If an employee told you he was feeling anxious, you'd probably tell him to get back to work. But the emotion is just as contagious as a flu virus. — Chip Conley

Isn't it ironic that pay, perks, and benefits all cost your company at the bottom line, but authentic recognition, especially when it's most unexpected, costs very little and gives the most impressive return on investment? — Chip Conley

Organizations that can diminish fear are those that are able to motivate, create, and innovate. — Chip Conley

Once you know the emotional building blocks of anxiety, you can influence them. — Chip Conley

Social scientists have found that the fastest way to feel happiness is to practice gratitude. — Chip Conley

Business principles are only as good as the practices that back them up. — Chip Conley

When I started my hotel company, Joie de Vivre, at the age of 26, I saw this venture as my ticket to freedom. — Chip Conley

I do interview senior candidates at the home office or many of our hotel or restaurant General Manager candidates. My two favorite questions are "Tell me about a failure in your career, what you learned from it, and how you've leveraged this lesson" and "All of us are misperceived at one time or another. What's the most common way you're misperceived in the workplace and why?" Both of these questions require a certain amount of self-awareness and a willingness to not give pat, normal answers that we offer experience in interviews. — Chip Conley

I'd done my time in corporate America, from McDonald's making shakes to Morgan Stanley making deals and, yet, I felt awfully constrained by the uniform - not just my clothes, but how I felt I needed to conform - that a traditional job required me to wear. — Chip Conley

Anxiety = Uncertainty x Powerlessness — Chip Conley

The best way we can encourage people to create companies that create jobs is to celebrate the diverse entrepreneurial stories and the variety of drivers that led these entrepreneurs to sticking their necks out. — Chip Conley

As leaders, we understand that intangibles are important, but we don't have a clue how to measure them. — Chip Conley

Every five years, I like to do a big birthday party. I had my 45th birthday with 75 friends in Marrakesh, Morocco. — Chip Conley

Great leaders help their people see how they can directly impact the company's objectives and their own personal goals. — Chip Conley

Maybe its time we get a toolbox that doesnt just count whats easily counted, the tangible in life, but actually counts what we most value, the things that are intangible. — Chip Conley

The companies we admire are like the people we admire: resilient, authentic, personable, collaborative, ambitious, and humble. — Chip Conley

Conventional wisdom suggests the primary motivator for entrepreneurs is money or wealth creation and, in fact, much of the political debate tends to center around what kind of tax or regulatory policy changes will turn corporate suits into small business adventurers overnight. — Chip Conley

I know that when I attached my sense of identity a little too closely to my work that I might be distracting myself from feelings of unworthiness. It wasn't the number of hours I worked or how bloodshot my eyes were that defined the difference. It was something internal. — Chip Conley

Curiosity has ... proven to be a great ingredient in resilience, a trait particularly valuable in an extended economic downturn. Resilient people aren't made of steel; they just provide themselves with more options, and those options come from a curious mind. — Chip Conley