Source: This quote is from an interview “In Mario Batali’s Kitchen, You’ll Refrain From Shouting” by Adam Bryant, published in The New York Times (AUG. 25, 2012)

Complete Sentence:
Question. Other leadership lessons you’ve learned over the course of your life?

Answer. Well, one of the most important things is realizing you’re not the most important or the most intelligent person in the room at all times. And understanding that is a crucial component of the kind of self-deprecation that makes someone really good at understanding other people, especially when they’re faced with their own limitations and they come to you for help. It’s about being able to empathize and understand and communicate, even under stress, in a way that helps them solve a problem, as opposed to becoming part of the problem. The first day that a chef believes that he or she knows everything is the first day for the rest of their life that they will be a jerk, because you can’t know everything about our field.

Read More: Click Here