Daniel Lubetzky Quotes

We love to receive praise, but usually we're not certain what message, precisely, we should take from it. On the other hand, when someone points out our flaws, we realize immediately that something needs to change.

Be your own biggest critic. Don't let someone else beat you to constructive criticism.

If we're going to bring out the best in people, we, too, need to sow seeds of encouragement.

It bothers me when nobody is criticizing me, because then I am not doing something.

Remember praise is more valuable than blame.

You get the best out of others when you get the best out of yourself.

Maybe sometimes I have been wrong with some movies. Anyway, I try to do my best.

Your harshest critic is always going to be yourself. Don't ignore that critic but don't give it more attention than it deserves.

Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

I could have coached better.

I've always been motivated more by negative comments than by positive ones. I know what I do well. Tell me what I don't do well.

Leaders should always expect the very best of those around them. They know that people can change and grow.

Instead of me telling them what they need to work on, I wanted to hear from them what they needed to work on.

I'm my worst critic, and I like the fact that I can listen to myself now and make fun of myself, listen, make changes - 'Oh, man, that's messed up. Okay, I need to work on that; I need to work on this.'

I have spent a lifetime watching kids make mistakes because they were not trained or well led or properly motivated to do well. I never faulted the kids; rather, I saw opportunity to train, to motivate, to improve leadership - not to punish the individual.

It is better to destroy one's own errors than those of others.

If you are a leader, you should never forget that everyone needs encouragement. And everyone who receives it - young or old, successful or less-than-successful, unknown or famous - is changed by it.

I'd be lying if I didn't say there were days when I went back and said, 'I wish I'd done this. I should have done that. I handled this the wrong way.' But it's always in the motivation of getting better. I've never once looked in the mirror and said, 'Oh boy, can't do this one.'

I'm always trying to improve. I think I take criticism constructively.

I try to be the best that I can be and the best to the people that work for me.

I learned that it's important to treat yourself like a work in progress, to think about how you can improve, to listen to feedback.

Coach Smart did a great job of just letting me come to terms with myself as a basketball player and a person.

I'm hard on myself, like, 'Oh, why did you say that?' But it helps me grow.

The best thing you can do is learn from those mistakes so that you continue to get better. That's the management style or leadership style I believe in, which is push people to their limit such that they can become better than they thought they could be. That certainly has helped me.

I'm my biggest critic of myself when I make mistakes.