"No one gets anywhere alone"
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"No one gets anywhere alone"
When I work with entrepreneurs today, this is the main thing that I try to convey. Embrace your weirdness, your background, your instinct. If the keys are not in there, they do not exist. I can relate to what they’re going through, but I cannot tell them what to do. I can only help them find it in themselves. And sometimes they can find peace where
... See moreBen Horowitz • The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers
“In the movies there’s this idea that you should just go for your dream,” Glass tells them. “But I don’t believe that. Things happen in stages.”
Cal Newport • So Good They Can't Ignore You
When Emerson wrote, “To be great is to be misunderstood,” he was not focused on developing a blockbuster, nor was he trying to appeal to the masses. But he was speaking a lot of truth.
Sometimes you’ll be ahead of your time or the joke won’t land or the recipient of your email won’t give you the time of day. Sometimes you’ll be the runner up. Someti... See more
Sometimes you’ll be ahead of your time or the joke won’t land or the recipient of your email won’t give you the time of day. Sometimes you’ll be the runner up. Someti... See more
Caroline Cala Donofrio • You Can't Win Them All
In fact, we are saying that, on the whole, you are more likely to extend your business and have a fulfilled life if you have the attitude that there are always new customers out there waiting to be enrolled rather than that money, customers, and ideas are in short supply. You are more likely to be successful, overall, if you participate joyfully wi
... See moreBenjamin Zander • The Art of Possibility
I should mention one sort of initial tactic that usually doesn't work: the Big Launch. I occasionally meet founders who seem to believe startups are projectiles rather than powered aircraft, and that they'll make it big if and only if they're launched with sufficient initial velocity. They want to launch simultaneously in 8 different publications, ... See more
Do Things that Don't Scale
The outcome, if you can pull this off, is the skill of getting along with people you disagree with. It is indispensable.
Morgan Housel • Intelligent vs. Smart
There are things in this life that you have control over, things that you have no control over, and things that you have partial control over. It’s best to spend your effort on the things that you have complete control over, like your knowledge and work ethic. If you’re constantly learning and working hard—two things that are in your control—good t
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