Nilofer Merchant Quotes

Purpose is also a better motivator than money. Money, while necessary, motivates neither the best people, nor the best in people. Purpose does.

If the industrial era was about building things, the social era is about connecting things, people and ideas.

I believe that at the very root of our humanity is a passion to create value with heart, to work alongside others who care, and to make a difference.

I believe that at the very root of our humanity is a passion to create value with heart, to work alongside others who care, and to make a difference. I believe that each of us has something of value to offer -- all 7.5 billion of us. While not everyone will, anyone can. The fact that today so many people do not is not a sign that they lack capacity, but instead it's a sign that the scaffolding and structures need to be built to let them do so. This is society's problem, and its opportunity.

Purpose is a better motivator than money. Money, while necessary, motivates neither the best people nor the best in people. Purpose does.

let’s remember this: love isn’t rational, but a combination of logic and emotional needs.

There are the things that we do. There are the things that we care about. And then there is the story we tell about it.

You can’t ask other people to decide how you will measure progress in your life. Because no one gets to define what matters to you. That’s your job and yours alone.

Learn. Unlearn. (Repeat.) Rather than viewing change as an aberration, we understand it as a natural part of the organization’s development.

The social object that unites people isn’t a company or a product; the social object that most unites people is a shared value or purpose.