Greg Smith Quotes

• Before you can ever inspire, motivate, or influence, you must connect first.

  Greg Smith

  Inspire, Firsts, Influence

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• Change is eminent, control is an illusion, but dreams are eternal. Believe in your dreams!

  Greg Smith

  Dream, Believe, Illusion

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• The true nature of mankind comes down to a simple question: 'Do we teach children how to be good or how to be bad?'

  Greg Smith

  Children, Simple, Mankind

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• If clients don’t trust you they will eventually stop doing business with you. It doesn’t matter how smart you are.

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  Smart, Matter, Clients

  "Why I Am Leaving Goldman Sachs". www.nytimes.com. March 14, 2012.

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• Getting an unsophisticated client was the golden prize. The quickest way to make money on Wall Street is to take the most sophisticated product and try to sell it to the least sophisticated client.

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  Wall, Trying, Investing

  "Goldman Sachs VP explains why he quit". "60 minutes" with Anderson Cooper, www.cbsnews.com. October 24, 2012.

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• Taking action births motivation.

  Greg Smith

  Motivation, Action, Birth

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• Leadership used to be about ideas, setting an example and doing the right thing. Today, if you make enough money for the firm (and are not currently an ax murderer) you will be promoted into a position of influence.

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  Ideas, Example, Today

  "Why I Am Leaving Goldman Sachs" by Greg Smith, www.nytimes.com. March 14, 2012.

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• A majority of the crime in the downtown is property crime. There have been a few larcenies and burglaries, but robberies and assaults are not common in the downtown. There isn't usually any violent crime.

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  Majority, Downtown, Common

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• It makes me ill how callously people talk about ripping their clients off I don’t know of any illegal behavior, but will people push the envelope and pitch lucrative and complicated products to clients even if they are not the simplest investments or the ones most directly aligned with the client’s goals? Absolutely. Every day, in fact.

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  Goal, People, Envelopes

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• I knew it was time to leave when I realized I could no longer look students in the eye and tell them what a great place this was to work.

  Greg Smith

  Eye, Looks, Students

  "Why I Am Leaving Goldman Sachs". www.nytimes.com. March 14, 2012.

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