I manage through a sense of humor. We all work hard, and work has to be a really interesting, fun place. And that has to start at the top. Carol Bartz More Quotes by Carol Bartz More Quotes From Carol Bartz I have a belief that life isn't about balance, because balance is perfection Rather, it's about catching the ball before it hits the floor. Carol Bartz ballsbalanceperfection You need not feel guilty about not being able to keep your life perfectly balanced. Juggling everything is too difficult. All you really need to do is catch it before it hits the floor. Carol Bartz balanceableneeds If you think you can't, you're right. Carol Bartz smartpositiveinspirational If you sit quiet long enough, you find out what people really think. Carol Bartz longpeoplethinking If you want to run an ad on the iPad, it has to be approved by Apple. Carol Bartz ipadsapplesrunning It'll take a smart person with passion over someone with years of experience any day. People with intelligence and passion will get the problem solved, no matter what. Carol Bartz smartpassionyears Steve Jobs came back to Apple in 1997 - the iPod came out 4 years later. 3 years after that is the first time his market cap grew. It took 7 years. Carol Bartz applesjobsyears I've just been fired over the phone by Yahoo's chairman of the board. Carol Bartz chairmanboardsphones I'm kind of a Midwestern snob. I think we're just nice people and have a great work ethic. Carol Bartz greatthinkworkpeople Managing is a tough job. When you're young, you just think it's a natural progression - I'm good at this, so I'm going to be good at that - and it's not that way at all. Carol Bartz jobgoodthinkyou My husband doesn't listen because his mother didn't make him listen. What am I going to do, beat him? I mean: firstborn of a southern family? Firstborn boy? Please. I mean, I love him to death, but is he going to take the garbage out? No. Carol Bartz familymotherlovedeath It's very, very hard to affect culture. And you can get surprised thinking you're farther down the path of change than you really are because, frankly, most of us like the way things are. Carol Bartz youchangepathculture I grew up in a small town in Wisconsin. I never thought I'd be where I am. I never thought I'd have bling that I bought. Carol Bartz i-amsmallneverthought I like banks because they keep my money safe, but I don't want to talk about banks 12 times a year. Carol Bartz talkyearmoneywant When trouble strikes, which it always does - bad economy, bad quarter, activists, takeover - when trouble strikes, those board members who don't understand or are not committed are not helpful. Carol Bartz badunderstandalwaystrouble My grandmother raised me. She was a real no-nonsense but very funny lady. I drove tractors, made hay, milked cows, fed the chicken, fed the pigs. Carol Bartz chickenladymefunny I didn't have my first child until I was 40. I actually learned about motherhood from management. Carol Bartz aboutchildmotherhoodmanagement Back when 'social' had a broad definition, you could almost say that Yahoo Finance chat was the first social product. Carol Bartz saybackyoufinance Yahoo is a company that is very strong in content. Carol Bartz contentverycompanystrong The fact that you can crawl the web is a commodity. Carol Bartz crawlwebfactyou
