"When you lose that restless feeling that nothing you do is ever quite good enough, that is when I shall insist you take my name off the door."
— Leo Burnett
When You Lose That Restless Feeling
When you lose that restless feeling that nothing you do is ever quite good enough, that is when I shall insist you take my name off the door.
About this quote
From the "When to Take My Name Off the Door" speech, delivered on December 1, 1967, the day Burnett formally stepped down as chairman of the Leo Burnett Company at age seventy-six. The speech listed the conditions under which his employees should rename the agency — chief among them abandoning the restless, never-satisfied pursuit of excellent work. The full text is studied in advertising programs worldwide, and a film of the speech is shown to all new Leo Burnett employees as part of their orientation.
Source
When to Take My Name Off the Door speech (1967)