“Don’t cut off your career branches too early. Don’t step away from your career based on what ‘might’ happen.”
"My advice on firing is simple: Treat that person the same way you'd want to be treated if you were in that situation. They're still a good person, just not the right fit. So how do you help them move on in a productive way that allows them to maintain their dignity?"
- Mary Barra
Compassion
"I think making sure our culture promotes telling the truth is incredibly important."
- Mary Barra
Integrity
"Whatever you decide to do, do it with passion and all of the energy that you have."
- Mary Barra
Motivation
"If you do every job like you’re going to do it for the rest of your life, that’s when you get noticed."
- Mary Barra
Hard Work
"Failure is an opportunity to learn. Setbacks are inevitable. Learn from them, and come back stronger."
- Mary Barra
Resilience
"What a wonderful time to be young! You have knowledge of many more things than we needed to have. It is my conviction that your generation is better and stronger than was ours — better in many ways! I have faith that you young men and young women can meet the world on its own terms and conquer it!"
- President Boyd K. Packer
Ambition
"Stay away from those people who try to disparage your ambitions. Small minds will always do that, but great minds will give you a feeling that you can become great too."
- Mark Twain
Ambition
"Don’t bunt. Aim out of the ballpark. Aim for the company of immortals."
- David Ogilvy
Ambition
"No one changes the world who isn’t obsessed."
- Billie Jean King
Ambition
"Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen."
- Michael Jordan
Ambition