Mike Michalowicz Quotes

Owning a business is NOT about working your ass off for the sake of trying to squeeze out a living. It is NOT about making tons of money at the expense of losing tons of life. It IS about maximizing life, bettering your life and the lives of others, which, not so ironically, fattens your purse.

Entrepreneurs don’t do most of the work. Entrepreneurs identify the problems, discover the opportunities and then build processes to allow other people and other things to do the work.

Mistakes are good, successes are great, and idleness is a sin.

Profit is not an event. It's a habit.

Don't worry about making mistakes. In fact, the more mistakes you make, the more progress you are making. Just don't repeat the same mistakes.

Action is the only way to make progress. Take action now; don’t wait for a convenient time. It can’t be overemphasized.

For quite a while I called myself a workaholic. I was proud of that label. Then one day it hit me; a workaholic is a label for an unproductive person.

Ideas don’t make money, effort does.

The sooner you get something started the more likely you get to be successful, get started today!

Success in business isn’t about being right; it’s about being committed.

More is not better. Better is better!

Moving forward is not based upon your past; your future is exclusively determined by the decisions you make now, in this moment.

Success is a moving target. I don't think we ever achieve “it”, at least in our own minds. But I do know this, if you think you have achieved your greatest success you clearly have decided to stop pushing yourself.

You can go far on hard work and big dreams, often a hell of a lot farther - and faster - than people with more education and experience.