Evangelism is selling a dream.
Social media puts reciprocity on steroids because now you can reach more people in more ways to do more things for them faster and at lower expense. Positive word about your reciprocity can spread faster than ever.
You have to start with the basic premise that you need to know what your competition is doing.
At the end of my life, is it better to say that I empowered people to make great stuff, or that I died with a net worth of $10 billion? Obviously I’m picking the former, although I would not mind both.
Pursue joy, not happiness. This is probably the hardest lesson of all to learn. It probably seems to you that the goal in life is to be happy. Oh, you maybe have to sacrifice and study and work hard, but, by and large, happiness should be predictable.
Inoculate yourself from dangerous bozos.
The secret of evangelism is Guy’s golden touch – whatever is gold, Guy touches. That’s very different than saying whatever Guy touches turns gold.
Enchantment is the purest form of sales.
The most powerful sign is that your work no longer enchants you – it’s not deep, delightful, and mutually satisfying. When this happens, it may be time to look for new challenges.
You say: “I’m a blue sky thinker.” Investor thinks: “You have no business model, and you don’t know how to ship.”
When I finally got a management position, I found out how hard it is to lead and manage people.
Go APE: Author a great book, Publish it quickly, and Entrepreneur your way to success. Self-publishing isn’t easy, but it’s fun and sometimes even lucrative. Plus, your book could change the world.
My real mantra for my life is “empower others”.
The companies that are successful, they start out to make meaning, not to make money.
You really can’t spend money on socail media unless you really try. Socia media is really more about effort than expense.
The angels started singing, the clouds parted, it was a religious experience. I’ve never had the same reaction to a product, not in 25 years.
If you start out to solely make money, you will attract the wrong kind of employees.
Revolutionary leaders have to care more about what they think of themselves than what the world thinks of them.
I learned how difficult it is to self-publish a book. It’s complex, it’s confusing, it’s idiosyncratic.
The goal is to provide inspiring information that moves people to action.