People work better when they know what the goal is and why. It is important that people look forward to coming to work in the morning and enjoy working.
Hire for passion and intensity; there is training for everything else.
The successful man is the one who finds out what is the matter with his business before his competitors do.
Chase the vision, not the money. The money will end up following you.
Statistics suggest that when customers complain, business owners and managers ought to get excited about it. The complaining customer represents a huge opportunity for more business.
I don’t focus on what I’m up against. I focus on my goals and I try to ignore the rest.
If you are not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you’ve launched too late.
Always deliver more than expected.
Don’t start a company unless it’s an obsession and something you love. If you have an exit strategy, it’s not an obsession.
So often people are working hard at the wrong thing. Working on the right thing is probably more important than working hard.
Embrace what you don’t know, especially in the beginning, because what you don’t know can become your greatest asset. It ensures that you will absolutely be doing things different from everybody else.
A business is simply an idea to make other people’s lives better.
Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life – think of it, dream of it, and live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success, that is how great spiritual giants are produced.
I used my pain to push me to greatness.
To launch a business means successfully solving problems. Solving problems means listening.
The common question that gets asked in business is, ‘why?’ That’s a good question, but an equally valid question is, ‘why not?’
If you think about the long term then you can really make good life decisions that you won’t regret later.
Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you’ll start having positive results.
Failure is not the opposite of success; it’s part of success.