Bozoma Saint John Quotes

Bozoma Saint John

Profession : Businesswoman

Birth : January 21, 1977

Pop culture and entertainment can be dismissed as surface, but it's not. It's the language we all speak, and it's the connection point between people all over the world.

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Any criticism, you should pay attention to. Whether you accept it and change or you take it and move on is the choice, but criticism is not a bad thing.

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Bring your whole self to work because, that way, you can bring full ideas and the wholeness of your unique abilities.

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For me, pop culture is very fluid: it's music, it's movies, it's books, it's art, it's tech, it's so many things - and as marketing and brand advocates, we should be able to to take products and services and match them to what's happening in pop culture.

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I do think brands are like people.

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I believe in manifesting the words that are coming out of my mouth. I'm very careful with what I say because the intention is then out in the universe.

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If our employees are wearing the Uber sweatshirt to the grocery store, that would make me feel great.

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I've never taken the easy route. I don't even know what that is!

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Companies can change. Culture can change.

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I love Apple Music. I helped build Apple Music. It will always be a very, very big part of my life and part of the journey.

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I've broken through many walls and glass ceilings.

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I think that people are innately good.

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We're complex human beings. I can wear a leather dress and still have an 8-year-old and wipe up the eggs that are on her face.

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If you are in a hiring position, hire someone that is nothing like you. We keep looking for the commonalities, but find someone with commonalities that are nothing like you.

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I don't curse in front of my daughter. Well, sometimes.

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When I was growing up, the brands that were most powerful were people brands, like Michael Jackson or Madonna. They stood for something that, perhaps, wasn't wholly who they were, which then became an image that they sold. That's still a brand to me.

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We only get better by telling our real story. That's the only way to be.

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Six months after I was born, we moved to Ghana. The first five years of my life were there. In 1982, when there was a coup d'etat, my family left because the government was overthrown, and my dad was involved in politics.

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I want to be something that is worthy to be bragged about.

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I'm following the path that was destined for me.

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