Sustainability makes good business sense, and we're all on the same team at the end of the day. That's the truth about the human condition.
Paul PolmanRead
Africa's vibrancy and entrepreneurial spirit is un-matched. There's huge potential here to grow business, create jobs, and to improve living standards.
Interpretation
Africa possesses great potential for business growth and job creation, driven by its vibrant entrepreneurial spirit.
Paul Polman's quote highlights the unique energetic spirit and entrepreneurial potential found in Africa. He emphasizes that this vibrancy presents significant opportunities for business development, job creation, and overall improvement in living standards, suggesting that the continent is ripe for investment and innovation.
In practice
During a business conference discussing emerging markets.
Sustainability makes good business sense, and we're all on the same team at the end of the day. That's the truth about the human condition.
I think the most important thing is to achieve what you set out to achieve. Just being a CEO in itself is not success. I would not relate success to a title or a position.
Let's work together to make our economies strong and our climate sustainable. It can be done.
I discovered a long time ago that if I focus on doing the right thing for the long term to improve the lives of consumers and customers all over the world, the business results will come.
Permissible growth in the future has to be based on sustainable and equitable models.
The young give us hope because young people are certain their best days still lie ahead - which explains why they're absolutely convinced they can change the world for the better.
Success attracts success and failure attracts failure because of the law of harmonious attraction.
Money is like manure. You have to spread it around or it smells.
The biggest message I have for young women is, Don't start cutting off branches of your career tree unnecessarily early. Sometimes women say, I know I want to have a family or play in the local symphony, and they start pulling themselves out of their career path. You don't have to take yourself out of the running before you even start.
A successful man is he who receives a great deal from his fellow men, usually incomparably more than corresponds to his service to them. The value of a man, however, should be seen in what he gives and not in what he is able to receive.
The door to a balanced success opens widest on the hinges of hope and encouragement.
Try first to be a man of value; success will follow.
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