David Maister Professions : WriterBorn : July 21, 1947 Browse All Authors Top 25 quotes by David Maister Professional is not a label you give yourself - it's a description you hope others will apply to you. David Maister labelsinspiringgiving Believe passionately in what you do, and never knowingly compromise your standards and values. Act like a true professional, aiming for true excellence, and the money will follow. David Maister compromiseexcellencebelieve What you do with your billable time determines your current income, but what you do with your non-billable time determines your future. David Maister professionalismincomeinspiring I will accept your influence, guidance and direction if (and only if) I believe that you and I share similar goals. David Maister ifs-andinspiringbelieve Your task as a leader is to help others to succeed, not to strive only for your own success. If I don't trust your motives, nothing else will matter -because my primary concern is your integrity. David Maister helping-othersinspiringintegrity Success comes from doing what you enjoy. If you don't enjoy it, how can it be called success? David Maister professionalismenjoyinspiring Truly visionary and successful companies have discovered that there is no conflict between the pursuit of profit and having a pursuit beyond profit. David Maister visionariessuccessfulinspiring If your clients aren't actively telling their friends about you, maybe your work isn't as great as you think it is. David Maister clientsinspiringthinking A true professional feels no pressure to run up a client's bill, knowing that any reduction in revenues caused by being efficient will be more than recompensed by the reputation earned for being honest and trustworthy. David Maister knowingrunninginspiring Left untended, knowledge and skill, like all assets, depreciate in value surprisingly quickly. David Maister depreciateassetsskills More than any other factor, it is the people we have to deal with that determine the quality of our work lives. David Maister qualityinspiringpeople I will not accept your guidance and critique unless you are supportive and nurturing. On the other hand, you need to be continually demanding. David Maister supportiveinspiringhands The noble path does win but only if you are prepared to make the investment over a long period of time. David Maister winninginspiringlong Don't get stampeded by what people around you value. The task is to figure out what YOU value - and value highly enough to throw yourself into with unqualified passion. David Maister passiontaskspeople What do I have to do to earn and deserve the key relationships that are going to get me where I want to go? David Maister keysdeservewant Professionals have to decide on which subjects they are prepared to give nagging rights David Maister rightsinspiringgiving What is important is what inspires persistence and determination- in other words what you care about. David Maister persistencedeterminationinspiring Whether or not your values are operational is crucially determined by whether or not there are consequences for noncompliance. David Maister professionalismdeterminedinspiring Focus on being the best you can at what you want to do. David Maister focuswantinspiring No one can manage you if you don't give them permission to do so. But if you are interested in accomplishing as much as you are capable of, then I believe there are good reasons to grant that permission. David Maister inspiringgivingbelieve Similar Authors Ihab Hassan writer Ingmar Bergman writer Isabella Bird writer Ivan E. Coyote writer Al Feldstein writer Bert Sugar writerAll Authors
