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" You want to select the right applications at the right time for your industry. "

John T. Chambers

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" As a leader, you don't get too high on the highs or let the bumps balance down. Every leader over time has probably equal amount of good luck or bad luck - or, you could argue, has good opportunities or challenges. "

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" The start of 2016 offers great promise as the world awakens to the power of connectivity and increasing digitization. The new Digital Age is upon us, and it is unlike anything we have experienced before. "

John T. Chambers

" By exciting citizens about the new digital opportunity, breaking down silos of competing groups to form a truly open innovation ecosystem and shifting day-to-day resources to focus on big long-term investments for the future, countries can ensure that they break through and bridge the digital gap. "

John T. Chambers

" The political gridlock in Washington leads us to conclude that policymakers don't have the ability to put the public finances of the U.S. on a sustainable footing. "

John T. Chambers

" I had an issue with dyslexia before they understood what dyslexia was. One of my teachers, Mrs. Anderson, taught me to look at it like a curveball. The ball breaks the same way every time. Once you get used to it, you can handle it pretty well. "

John T. Chambers

" We're living through the second Industrial Revolution. "

John T. Chambers

" I would say my strengths are vision and strategy. "

John T. Chambers

" I wasn't always interested in technology. I had been a student for a long time - I'd earned a bachelor's degree, a law degree, and an MBA - and decided that I wanted to work in a large corporation, focusing on finance and law, in either New York or Chicago. "

John T. Chambers

" There are two equalizers in life: the Internet and education. "

John T. Chambers

" I am a proud moderate republican. But I like democrats as well. "

John T. Chambers

" The Internet will change the way we work, live, learn, and play. "

John T. Chambers

" Digital is going to have five times the impact than the information era. Just because you led the first transition as a company or country, that doesn't mean you will lead in this one. "

John T. Chambers

" As a country, we must come together to provide the training, certifications, and jobs that our veterans have earned and deserve. "

John T. Chambers

" I don't make fun of people. I call people by what they want to be called. What does your best friend call you? What does your spouse call you? It helps you emotionally connect to people. "

John T. Chambers

" I think at least my philosophy of leadership is you focus more on the areas you have to improve or the mistakes than you do on your successes. And that's just how I am in real life. I don't want to let down my customers, my employees, my shareholders. "

John T. Chambers

" What NDS did is allow us to move into video capability with large service providers or cable providers - and the ability to do this out of the cloud. And that allows you to do it faster. "

John T. Chambers

" To go back to a 1950s voice mentality with Title II and net neutrality would be a tremendous mistake for our country. "

John T. Chambers

" When I think about developing solutions, I think about how we can use technology to make a difference. "

John T. Chambers

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" We'll have a sales leader go run engineering. A lawyer go run business development. A business development leader go run our consumer operations. We're going to train a generalist group of leaders who know how to learn and operate in collaboration teamwork. I think that's the future of leadership. "

John T. Chambers

" When a leader doesn't do his or her job, it isn't just a problem with the person. They take their whole organization down. "

John T. Chambers

" Never ask your employees to do something you wouldn't be willing to do yourself. "

John T. Chambers

" The window was open for us to play in the consumer as data, voice, video came together. This is where you have to have the courage to take good business risks because if you don't, you never win. "

John T. Chambers

" Some people need a command-and-control environment. "

John T. Chambers

" We want a culture where it is unacceptable not to share what you know. "

John T. Chambers

" If you agree with everything I have said, then I have failed. "

John T. Chambers

" Wearable technology will tell us how well we are sleeping and whether we need to exercise. Sensors in the street will help us avoid traffic jams and find parking. Telemedicine applications will allow physicians to treat patients who are hundreds of miles away. "

John T. Chambers

" Often, what I tell a new CEO asking for advice, or one of my own new leaders, is the two most important decisions that your team is going to watch is the first person you hire and the first person you promote - because you are saying that's the type of person I want. "

John T. Chambers

" This will be the first time in my lifetime I'm voting for a Democrat. I'm going to vote for Hillary Clinton. I've already voted. "

John T. Chambers

" Cities, too, are embracing digitization. Barcelona has installed in-ground parking sensors and launched connected public transportation as part of its Smart City strategy. "

John T. Chambers

" I think Mr Trump is going to be a good president. "

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