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"If you can, you will quickly find that the greatest rate of return you will earn is on your own personal spending. Being a smart shopper is the first step to getting rich."
"While some people might find it distasteful to pay taxes, I don't. I find it patriotic."
"What does it take to be a successful entrepreneur? It takes willingness to learn, to be able to focus, to absorb information, and to always realize that business is a 24/7 job where someone is always out there to kick your ass."
"It doesn't matter how many times you fail. You only have to be right once and then everyone can tell you that you are an overnight success."
"All good businesses are personal. The best businesses are very personal."
"Because if you're prepared and you know what it takes, it's not a risk. You just have to figure out how to get there. There is always a way to get there."
"It doesn't matter how many times you fail. It doesn't matter how many times you almost get it right. No-one is going to know or care about your failures, and neither should you. All you have to do is learn from them and those around you. All that matters in business is that you get it right once. Then everyone can tell you how lucky you are."
"All that matters in business is that you get it right once. Then everyone can tell you how lucky you are."
"Perfectionism is the enemy of profitability."
"Treat your customers like they own you. Because they do."
"It comes down to finding something you love to do and then just trying to be great at it"
"If I own stock in your company and you move offshore for tax reasons I'm selling your stock. There are enough investment choices here."
"Sweat equity is the most valuable equity there is. Know your business and industry better than anyone else in the world. Love what you do or don't do it."
"Wherever I see people doing something the way it's always been done, the way it's "supposed" to be done, following the same old trends, well, that's just a big red flag to me to go look somewhere else."
"Work like there is someone working twenty-four hours a day to take it all away from you."
"There are no shortcuts. NONE."
"Sales Cure All. Know how your company will make money and how you will actually make sales."
"I look at my annual budgets for everything and anything, and I look to see where I can save the most money on those items. Saving 30% to 50% buying in bulk - replenishable items from toothpaste to soup, or whatever I use a lot of - is the best guaranteed return on investment you can get anywhere."
"A long list. From getting cut from the high school basketball team, to getting fired from jobs, getting credit cards rejected and cut up. Rejection has only been a distraction, not a roadblock. “Every no gets me closer to a yes,” was the saying I used to use."
"Once you are prepared and you think you have every angle of preparation covered, you have to go for it."