“The third element of success is your state: You must replace a default state of pessimism or anger with one of determination, of will, of generosity, of curiosity, of gratitude. The more we can put ourselves in such beautiful states rather than suffering states, the more they become habits of being and we end up making better decisions.”
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“Whatever you focus on you're going to feel.”
“The difference between success and failure is not which stock you buy or which piece of real estate you buy, it's asset allocation.”
“Leaders anticipate. Losers react”
“It doesn't matter what you achieve, if you don't keep growing you'll feel dead.”
“If we get total certainty, we get … bored out of our minds. So, God, in Her infinite wisdom, gave us a second human need, which is uncertainty. We need variety. We need surprise.”
“I was working as hard as a human being could work. That tempo hasn't changed. I just have more diversity and more companies, and now I've got 33 companies so my dance card is full. Four kids and three grandkids, but I love that passionate lifestyle. I love constantly growing, I love seeing and feeling that you can have an impact. And gradually it went from just coaching to actually running businesses because I've had experiences that were life changing.”
“I try to write 1,000 words a day - about three pages. When I reach 1,000 words I feel good. Less than that: a failure. More than that: tired.”
“I don't mean I'd mind being rich and famous. That's very much on my schedule and someday I'll try to get around to it.”
“This is the time for every artist in every genre to do what he or she does loudly and consistently. It doesn't matter to me what your position is. You've got to keep asserting the complexity and the originality of life, and the multiplicity of it, and the facets of it. This is about being a complex human being in the world, not about finding a villain. This is no time for anything else than the best that you've got.”
“Universality has been the key enabler of innovation on the Web and will continue to be so in the future.”
“You know what I'm doing starting 1st November? Jesus Christ Superstar.”
“Try is the opposite of hiding.”
“Are you copying others? People won't pay extra for that. You won't be followed for that.”
“Incrementalism ceases to be a good strategy when there's a cliff on the route.”
“You dont need to convince everyone. All you need to do is motivate people who choose to follow you.”
“For most modern marketers, quantity isn't the point. What matters is to matter. Lives changed. Work that made an actual difference. Connection.”
“I think the most productive thing to do during times of change is to be your best self, not the best version of someone else.”
“You can risk being wrong or you can be boring.”
“You don't have to settle. It's a choice you get to make every day.”