“People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.” – Andrew Carnegie
Read MoreGreat post from Jason Calacanis: 1. Unrelenting attention to detail. 2. Impeccable taste. 3. Indefatigable passion. 4. Absolute conviction. 5. Unwavering vision. 6. Boundless curiosity. 7. Mercurial motivator. One or two of these will help you make a living. Three or four of these will make you successful. Four of five of these will make you … Continue reading “Steve Jobs R.I.P.”
Read More“From 2012-2018, more new millionaires will be created than in the last 20 years. While the economy has most people paralyzed, the great ones are reloading, re-strategizing, and taping their creative power to dream up solutions to a host of brand new problems. While the middle class is job hunting, the world class is idea … Continue reading “Recessions Create Millionaires”
Read More“Entrepreneurship is living a few years of your life like most people won’t, so that you can spend the rest of your life like most people can’t.” – Unknown
Read MoreHappy New Year everyone! Let’s make it a great 2011. This is, of course, our busy season but I ran across a good post that I wanted to quote for you here: Every morning, we all wake up, and our houses may be worth less than the mortgages on them, and our 401(k)s may be … Continue reading “Happy New Year and Motivational Post”
Read More“The most common cause of executive failure is inability or unwillingness to change with the demands of a new position. The executive who keeps on doing what he has done successfully before is almost bound to fail.” — Peter Drucker
Read More“A person of intellect without energy added to it, is a failure.” ~Sebastien-Roch Nicolas De Chamfort “A person of intellect without energy added to it, is a failure.” ~Sebastien-Roch Nicolas De Chamfort Commentary: Lots of people have great business ideas and/or are extremely intelligent. This is great – but if you do not apply your … Continue reading “Business Quote of the Week – Sebastien-Roch Nicolas De Chamfort”
Read MoreIn small business and in life, if you are doing anything at all (instead of simply stagnating), then you will inevitably have people criticize you. People that take action and build things of any importance are constantly criticized. You can either let the criticism crush you or you can deal with it. Tim Ferris has … Continue reading “Responding To Criticism”
Read More“I’m convinced that about half of what separates the successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance.” – From an interview with Steve Jobs. Commentary: Perseverance has been a common trait among successful people in life, government and business. Keeping your eyes on the ball and not giving up is a must-have life skill. Bonus … Continue reading “Business Quote of the Week: Perseverance”
Read More“Don’t worry, be crappy. Revolutionary means you ship and then test… Lots of things made the first Mac in 1984 a piece of crap – but it was a revolutionary piece of crap.” ~ Guy Kawasaki Commentary: I think it is a myth that a new product that will solve problems or fill a need … Continue reading “Business Quote of the Week: 2/19/08”
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