Joy is infinitely more fulfilling than profit.
“People work for people if they have a purpose. It took me a while to figure that out.
Claire Hughes Johnson • Scaling People: Tactics for Management and Company Building
value is created when a person makes something useful and shares it with the world.
Chris Guillebeau • The $100 Startup
I discovered it the hard way, and it took me ten years of “failed” entrepreneurship and over-work to finally understand that you can’t really be happy unless you’re doing something that benefits other people. To put it in business terms, you can’t be successful until your work is valued by someone else, which is why starting with the person is so i
... See moreRyan Daniel Moran • 12 Months to $1 Million: How to Pick a Winning Product, Build a Real Business, and Become a Seven-Figure Entrepreneur

business is not necessarily about maximizing Profits. Profits are important, but they’re a means to an end: creating value, paying expenses, compensating the people who run the business, and supporting yourself and your loved ones. Dollars aren’t an end in themselves: money is a tool, and the usefulness of that tool depends on what you intend to do
... See moreJosh Kaufman • The Personal MBA: A World-Class Business Education in a Single Volume
Value means helping people.