Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always try to do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, are great.” – Mark Twain.
If it is important to you, you will find a way. If not, you’ll find an excuse.
Create experiences that leave you in awe, for these will be the highlights of your life.
Entrepreneurship is an addiction to being successful, not a job or career. You have to feed the addiction and recharge from it or you’ll burn out.
The only difference between you today and a year from now are the people you know and what you have learned.
Potential is the one power you always have.
Don’t let anyone steal your milk.
Until you have enough money accumulated, sacrifice luxury. Sacrifice TV, time out, and even time with your family and friends.
There are guys I’d love to learn from, but they wouldn’t be a good fit for me, so I read their blogs and books.
Steve Jobs is someone I’ve studied inside and out, and I’ve applied so many of his techniques and philosophies to my businesses. It’s a remote mentorship because I’ve never met him.
I get thousands of requests for mentorship, but they don’t offer anything in return, like filing, cleaning my house, or something. All too often, it’s “please mentor me; I need my shot.” But they don’t offer anything in return.
I remember thinking to myself that I missed the fun and excitement after leaving the corporate world to work at home. Seek camaraderie through networking. Schedule time for it; if you don’t, you’ll never make it.
There are degrees of discomfort, and everyone has a different breaking point. But if you want to be an entrepreneur, there is no choice.
With or without realizing it, every successful person has created behaviors – systems for greeting people, networking, and making telephone calls to aid them in their pursuits. By observing the traits of successful people, you can create your own system for success.
There is a reason why we admire certain people. They espouse something that strikes a chord within us. Be it their innate talent, drive, wisdom, or attitude, there is a reason we find certain individuals fascinating, and if we can harness that same spark that made them great, perhaps we can achieve greatness as well.
You’ll survive, no matter how bad it is – it isn’t as bad it could be. Shake off your mistakes, but try not to repeat them.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking down your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.” – Mark Twain.
To become a “master” of something, you must work with focus and purpose.
Good people don’t take a job just for salary. They take a job for camaraderie, learning opportunity, or because of their career direction.