List of Chip Conley Quotes

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.

Café Gratitude Offers An Experience That Expands What Is Possible For All People–a Great Recipe For Business. I've Watched Café Gratitude Grow And Have Experienced Both The Flavors Of Their Food And Their Commitment To Providing A Sacred Experience For Their Customers.

Every Five Years, I Like To Do A Big Birthday Party. I Had My 45th Birthday With 75 Friends In Marrakesh, Morocco.

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.

In General, I'm Not Much Into Etiquette And Am A Rule-breaker And Rebel By Nature.

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.

As Leaders, We Understand That Intangibles Are Important, But We Don't Have A Clue How To Measure Them.

Letting An Emotion Move Through You Is Healthy. Letting An Emotion Define You Is Not.

Someone Could Be Amazing At What They Do, But If You Don't Like Them, Why Bother Hiring Them?

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.

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.

When Any Of Us Thinks Of Ourselves As A Role Model - Whether Thats 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.