Anything You Want

This time, instead of just answering the question, I called everyone together for a minute. I repeated the situation and the question for everyone. I answered the question, but more important, I explained the thought process and philosophy behind my answer.

You have to just do whatever you love the most, or you'll lose interest in the whole thing. On a similar note, people also assume that you want to be big big big—as big as can be. But do you, really?

It's another Tao of business: Set up your business like you don't need the money, and it'll likely come your way.

No matter which goal you choose, there will be lots of people telling you you're wrong. Just pay close attention to what excites you and what drains you. Pay close attention to when you're being the real you and when you're trying to impress an invisible jury.

Success comes from persistently improving and inventing, not from persistently promoting what's not working.

Success comes from persistently improving and inventing, not from persistently doing what's not working.

Your business plan is moot. You don't know what people really want until you start doing it.

Success comes from persistently improving and inventing, not from persistently doing what's not working.

that felt really incongruent with my mission to make people smile. I knew could do better. So I took twenty minutes and wrote this goofy little thing: