It’s the ability to say — what do I want to achieve, figuring out what the opportunity is and making it happen without thinking about what I have in my pocket today. Or how much experience do I have? If you had to calculate that, no one would ever do anything because the answer would be, not enough. The hallmark of entrepreneurship is not letting that stop you.
— Reza Satchu’s (The Next 36) vision for entrepreneurship
Posted December 3, 2012 at 3:46pm
"Don’t put all your eggs in one basket” is all wrong. I tell you “put all your eggs in one basket, and then watch that basket.” Look round you and take notice; men who do that do not often fail. It is easy to watch and carry the one basket. It is trying to carry too many baskets that breaks most eggs in this country. He who carries three baskets must put one on his head, which is apt to tumble and trip him up. One fault of the American business man is lack of concentration.
— Andrew Carnegie
Posted November 29, 2012 at 1:52am
Faithful and conscientious discharge of the duties assigned you is all very well, but the verdict in such cases generally is that you perform your present duties so well that you had better continue performing them. Now, young gentlemen, this will not do. It will not do for the coming partners. There must be something beyond this. We make Clerks, Bookkeepers, Treasurers, Bank Tellers of this class, and there they remain to the end of the chapter. The rising man must do something exceptional, and beyond the range of his special department. HE MUST ATTRACT ATTENTION.
— Andrew Carnegie in THE ROAD TO BUSINESS SUCCESS: A TALK TO YOUNG MEN
Posted November 28, 2012 at 6:13pm
Q. What about the influences of your parents?
A. My mother is unusually and highly intuitive, to the point where it gets a little freaky from time to time. She’ll meet someone, and she’ll size them up after about 30 seconds, and she’ll say a few things to the person. Then the person will say, “How in the world did you know that?” But it’s not some sixth sense. A lot of it is pattern recognition, and I think pattern recognition can be an incredibly valuable asset, especially for leaders. What she’s learned to do is see certain patterns, listen to people a certain way, their voice inflection, their body language, and recognize and pattern-match certain kinds of behavior
— Jeff Weiner being interviewed by Adam Bryant
Posted November 19, 2012 at 11:30am
Many failures in results can be chalked up to people trying to keep their options open. As my dad once told me, “making a decision reduces opportunities in the short run, but increases opportunities in the long run.” To move forward in your career, you have to commit to specific opportunities as part of an iterative plan, despite doubt and despite inconvenience.
— The Startup of You - Reid Hoffman & Ben Casnocha
Posted November 13, 2012 at 3:12pm
The HR department is like the soldiers in the movie 300, holding the line. They have no power to say ‘yes’ but enormous power to say ‘no.’ Their job is to prevent you from moving forward. Find a way to vault past them by getting introductions to people who can say ‘yes.’ It’s what I did-I hustled
— Eric Barker (quoted from The Startup of You - Reid Hoffman & Ben Casnocha
If you want to be really good at something, it’s going to involve relentlessly pushing past your comfort zone, as well as frustration, struggle, setbacks and failures. That’s true as long as you want to continue to improve, or even maintain a high level of excellence. The reward is that being really good at something you’ve earned through your own hard work can be immensely satisfying.
— Reminder from Tony Schwartz
Posted November 2, 2012 at 10:47am
Remain true to yourself, but move ever upward toward greater consciousness and greater love! At the summit you will find yourselves united with all those who, from every direction, have made the same ascent. For everything that rises must converge
— The Omega Point, Pierre Teilhard De chardin
Posted October 8, 2012 at 11:58am
