Reboot Podcast Episode #177 – What Does It Mean To End Well? – with Randy Goodman

Memorable Quotes:

“I always told myself if I don’t mess up too badly, hopefully I’ll get to end my career in this interesting arc, this circle. I’m going to get to end my career in one manner of speaking where I started it. And that was terribly compelling to me.” – Randy Goodman

“From the very get go, it was about having this strong team and then immediately trying to empower the people that were there to say, look, we have to tear down these silos. You’ve got to get out of your foxholes, and we’ve got to all start running as fast as we can towards these artist development goals. And we’ve got to be doing it together.” – Randy Goodman

“I think having you help me in the way that you were doing as my executive coach, but more this kind of confidant and someone to brainstorm with, that really helped me to go into this seismic, these seismic changes, I think with more open-mindedness.”- Randy Goodman

“I’ve never really thought about having an executive coach because the only people in my experience working at a record company who had executive coaches… If you had an executive coach, that meant that HR came to you and said, you’ve done something so bad, the only way you’re gonna be able to keep your job is we’re going to get you an executive coach. And it’s like going to rehab, and then you come out of rehab, and you’ve made all things right. You’ve covered a multitude of sins and you can come back into the fold.” – Randy Goodman

“You were the one that were constantly holding me accountable. You would say, What was your mission? What did you tell me? What do you wanna do? How does that fit? And so you were constantly in these moments. I guess, bringing my view up to more of a macro level.” – Randy Goodman

“You became my executive coach and then became my therapist and then you became a dear friend.” – Randy Goodman