Remember that nobodies are the new somebodies.
Enchantment is the purest form of sales
If you're in enough places at enough times, then some of them are bound to be the right ones.
The first good reason to write a book is to add value to people’s lives.
Writing a book isn’t an easy process nor is it always enjoyable, but it is one of life’s most satisfying achievements.
If you have to put someone on a pedestal, put teachers. They are society's heroes.
If you must use more than ten slides to explain your business, you probably don't have a business.
The higher you go in a company, the less oxygen there is, so supporting intelligent life becomes difficult.
The companies that are successful, they start out to make meaning, not to make money.
Luck favors the people who are willing to grind it out.
A good idea is about ten percent and implementation and hard work, and luck is 90 percent.
Some things need to be believed to be seen.
Entitlement is the opposite of enchantment.
There are two types of people on social media: people who want more followers, and liars.
You need to save some mental, physical, and emotional resources for enhancing your product after you ship. A revolution is a triathlon, not a hundred-yard dash-it requires long distance stamina and multiple skills such as creating, churning, and evangelizing.
Do you know what the difference is between PR and advertising? Advertising is when you say how great you are. PR is when other people say how great you are. PR is better.
Evangelism is selling a dream.
Money is not the sole or most powerful motivation for many people. A higher and tougher test is to look back and see how you've made the world a better place.
The desire to change the world is a tremendous advantage as you travel down the difficult path ahead because focusing on a lofty goal is more energizing and attracts more talent than simply making a buck.
At the end of the day in business, it's not about peer review and getting into a scientific journal. You either increase sales, or not.
If you have more money than brains, you should focus on outbound marketing, If you have more brains than money, you should focus on inbound marketing.
The jewelry business is a very, very tough business - tougher than the computer business. You truly have to understand how to take care of your customers.
Good people hire people better than themselves. So A players hire A+ players. But others hire below their skills to make themselves look good. So B players hire C players. C players hire D players, etc.
You have to start with the basic premise that you need to know what your competition is doing.
When I finally got a management position, I found out how hard it is to lead and manage people.