“Customers don’t care how much time something takes to build. They care only if it serves their needs.”
— ERIC RIES, THE LEAN STARTUP
“But you are the average of the five people you associate with most, so do not underestimate the effects of your pessimistic, unambitious, or disorganized friends. If someone isn't making you stronger, they're making you weaker..”
— TIMOTHY FERRISS, THE 4-HOUR WORK WEEK
“The starting point of all achievement is DESIRE. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desire brings weak results, just as a small fire makes a small amount of heat.”
— NAPOLEON HILL, THINK & GROW RICH
“Remember that a person's name is to that person the sweetest and most important sound in any language”
— DALE CARNEGIE, HOW TO WIN FRIENDS AND INFLUENCE PEOPLE
“The new reality is that working at a job may be the far riskier choice.”
— CHRIS GUILLEBEAU, $100 STARTUP
“The best way to change your life is to find people who’ve already achieved what you want and then model their behavior.”
— TONY ROBBINS, MONEY MASTER THE GAME
“Like books, sports give people a sense of having lived other lives, of taking part in other people’s victories. And defeats. When sports are at their best, the spirit of the fan merges with the spirit of the athlete..”
— PHIL KNIGHT, SHOE DOG
“Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.”
— STEVE JOBS, STEVE JOBS
“you’ve invented something new but you haven’t invented an effective way to sell it, you have a bad business—no matter how good the product.”
— PETE THIEL, ZERO TO ONE
“Obviously building a character of total integrity and living the life of love and service that creates such unity isn’t easy. It isn’t quick fix. But it’s possible.”
— STEVE JOBS, THE 7 HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PEOPLE
“persons who go through a great deal of trouble or pain to attain something tend to value it more highly than persons who attain the same thing with a minimum of effort.”
— ROBERT B. CIALDINI, INFLUENCE: THE PSYCHOLOGY OF PERSUASION.
“What would you do if you weren't afraid?”
— SHERYL SANDBERG, LEAN IN: WOMEN< WORK< AND THE WILL TO LEAD"
“Much of the stress that people feel doesn't come from having too much to do. It comes from not finishing what they've started.”
— ROBERT B. CIALDINI, INFLUENCE: THE PSYCHOLOGY OF PERSUASION.