I've always said that the better off you are, the more responsibility you have for helping others
Carlos SlimYou have to have an international reference of competition. You have to go beyond your home.
Carlos SlimWhen you live for others' opinions, you are dead. I don't want to live thinking about how I'll be remembered.
Carlos SlimIn this new wave of technology, you can't do it all yourself, you have to form alliances.
Carlos SlimThe truth is, you leave this world with nothing. What you are is a temporary administrator, and you must administer well... the wealth in your care, and generate more. The surplus can be used to do many things for people.
Carlos SlimWhen there is a crisis, that's when some are interested in getting out and that's when we are interested in getting in.
Carlos SlimTechnology is going to transform people's lives and society everywhere in the world. I spend most of my time studying new technologies. My main task is to understand what's going on and try to see where we can fit in.
Carlos SlimMy parents weren't artistic, but I was always surrounded by beautiful things. And Mexico is a country which has experienced thousands of years of art and culture.
Carlos SlimI think one of the big errors people are making right now is thinking that old-style businesses will be obsolete, when actually they will be an important part of this new civilization. Some retail groups are introducing e-commerce and think that the bricks are no longer useful. But they will continue to be important.
Carlos SlimMost people try to make a better world for our children when what they should be doing is making better children for our world.
Carlos SlimYou cannot make thousands of universities or hundreds of thousands of professors, but with technology and the Internet you can have great courses and make a digital university.
Carlos SlimFocus on essentials and try not to get distracted and bogged down by things that don't add value to the bottom line.
Carlos SlimCompetition makes you better, always, always makes you better, even if the competitor wins.
Carlos SlimMy mother born in Mexico, but was Lebanese in origin. She born 1902 the same year my father arrived to Mexico when he was 14 years old.
Carlos SlimLive the present intensely and fully, do not let the past be a burden, and let the future be an incentive. Each person forges his or her own destiny.
Carlos SlimWork well done is not only a responsibility to yourselves and society; it is also an emotional need.
Carlos SlimBuilding a business and becoming a billionaire is it's not championship. It's the competence; the competence in your sector with other companies not looking to have some kind of records in this issue.
Carlos SlimStaying occupied displaces preoccupation and problems, and when we face our problems, they disappear.
Carlos SlimYou cannot have people in your organization who are pessimists. They take you to mediocrity.
Carlos SlimWith three work days a week, we would have more time to relax; for quality of life. Having four days off would be very important to generate new entertainment activities and other ways of being occupied.
Carlos SlimI studied engineering in the national university, the Universidad Autonoma, in San Ildefonso.
Carlos SlimCourage taught me no matter how bad a crisis getsโฆ any sound investment will eventually pay off.
Carlos SlimMistakes are normal and human. Make them small, accept them, correct them, and forget them.
Carlos SlimIt's not a question of arriving and putting in a whole new administration, but instead, arriving and "compacting" things as much as possible, reducing management layers. We want as few management layers as possible, so that executives are very close to the operations. We also don't believe in having big corporate infrastructures.
Carlos SlimWhen we face our problems, they disappear. So learn from failure and let success be the silent incentive.
Carlos SlimMoney is not a goal. The goal is to make companies grow, develop, be competitive, be in different areas, be efficient to have a great human team inside the company.
Carlos SlimThe key is the Internet. The United States is by far the most advanced country in this new digital culture, so we have to be there. The Internet is the heart of this new civilization, and telecommunications are the nervous system, or circulatory system.
Carlos SlimDo not allow negative feelings and emotions to control your mind. Emotional harm does not come from others; it is conceived and developed within ourselves.
Carlos SlimIn high school, I loved history. I also loved cosmography, algebra. Mexico is so rich in culture and history, and I have always enjoyed that.
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