If you do everything that everyone else does in business, you're going to lose. The only way to really be ahead, is to 'be different'.
You have to believe in what you do in order to get what you want.
See things in the present, even if they are in the future.
The only way to get ahead is to find errors in conventional wisdom.
Winning is not enough. All others must lose.
Act confident, even when you're not.
When you innovate, you've got to be prepared for everyone telling you you're nuts.
Great achievers are driven, not so much by the pursuit of success, but by the fear of failure.
You cannot innovate by copying.
... Don't mistake any of this for altruism...Fear and greed just doesn't work. If you want to be successful, quality and service just works better.
A corporation's primary goal is to make money. Government's primary role is to take a big chunk of that money and give it to others.
The most important aspect of my personality as far as determining my success goes; has been my questioning conventional wisdom, doubting experts and questioning authority. While that can be painful in your relationships with your parents and teachers, it's enormously useful in life.
Think of it as you want it, not as it is!
You have to act and act now.
Life's a journey. It's a journey about discovering limits.
Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing. Sure, there’s the talent, but there also has to be the will. Give me human will and the intense desire to win and it will trump talent every day of the week.
The things that caused problems for me in school are the same things that help me succeed in the world.
I have had all the disadvantages required for success.
All you can do is all you can do.
You realize that life is short and fragile; and when you are facing walls of water, you understand your own mortality can change and how quickly things could change.
Microsoft is already the most powerful company on earth but you ain't seen nothing yet.
There's a wonderful saying that's dead wrong. 'Why did you climb the mountain?' 'I climbed the mountain because it was there.' That's utter nonsense...You climbed the mountain because you were there, and you were curious if you could do it. You wondered what it would be like.
In some ways, getting away from the headquarters and having a little time to reflect allows you to find errors in your strategy. You get to rethink things. Often, that helps me correct a mistake that I made or someone else is about to make.
We have been doing things that are contrary; the things that people tell us won't work from the beginning. In fact, the only way to get ahead is to find errors in conventional wisdom.
When I do something, it is all about self-discovery. I want to learn and discover my own limits.
