“The major value of reaching goals is not to acquire it, but it's the person you become while you're working to acquire it.” Quote by Jim Rohn
“Managing your problems can only make you good, whereas building your opportunities is the only way to become great.” WayMindProblemOpportunityBuildingOwn BusinessGreat MindsMind Your Own BusinessGood To Great Author:James C. Collins
“To me it seems pretty obvious that it would be simple to build a business around helping people achieve autonomy, a feeling of competence and relatedness. In fact, every web company that has been successful thusfar has their business build solidly on one or all of these. And I believe that as people discover that these things are within their reach, they will gravitate more and more towards companies that offer tools to helping them achieve happiness.” PeopleBelieveHas BeensFactsHelpingFeelingsSeemsWould BeI BelieveSimpleBusinessCompanySuccessfulAchieveOffersToolsObviousAutonomyHelping PeopleCompetence Author:Tara Hunt
“Yes, business really does change. 400 years ago, corporations were formed by royal decree. 300 years ago, many countries were powered by slave labour, or its closest moral equivalent. 200 years ago, debtors didn't go bankrupt, they went to prison. 100 years ago - well, business is largely the same as it was a century ago. And that's exactly the problem. Business hasn't changed, but today's array of tectonic global shocks demands a different, radically better kind of business. Yesterday's corporations visibly cannot meet today's economic challenges.” YearsWellsKindDoeDifferentCountryProblemTodayChallengesBusinessMoralEconomicCenturyChangedDemandYears AgoPrisonSlaveYesterdayCorporationsShockLabourClosestRoyalDecreeDebtorsSlave Labour Author:Umair Haque
“My experience to date has been that change, particularly relative to business, rarely happens in a revolutionary way. That isn't to say there are not times when major change happens, but my experience is that particularly when you're encouraging businesses to change of their own volition, the change is more slow over time. I don't think global trade is going to go away. I think it's unlikely that global trade and multinationals are not going to be around.” ThinkingWayHas BeensHappensChangeBusinessMajorsTradeRevolutionaryGoing AwayRelativeUnlikelyMultinationalsVolitionMajor Change Author:Jeffrey Hollender
“I think one of the things people don't understand is we can build more shareholder value by lowering product prices than we can by trying to raise margins. It's a more patient approach, but we think it leads to a stronger, healthier company. It also serves customers much, much better.” PeopleThinkingTryingValuesBusinessCompanyProductsApproachStrongerRaisesPatientCustomersMarginsShareholdersShareholder Value Author:Jeff Bezos
“Embrace opportunities with limited downside, unlimited upside. The best deals are those where your risk of loss is predictable and fixed if things go wrong, while your potential gains are enormous if things go right. Take such deals whenever you can get them if the odds of success are halfway decent.” IfsOpportunityLossDealsBusinessRiskGainsEmbraceEnormousFixedDecentOddsUnlimitedHalfwayPredictable Author:Steve Pavlina
“Fail your way forward. Recognize that Ready, fire, aim is superior to ready, aim, aim, aim. Straightforward trial and error produces better results than endless vacillating. If you're afraid to make decisions and act on them in the face of ambiguity and uncertainty, get a job. Failure's lessons are essential to success.” IfsWayJobsFacesDecisionResultsBusinessFireFailingProduceReadyLessonsEssentialsAimErrorsTrialsEndlessSuperiorsUncertaintyAmbiguityStraightforwardTrial And ErrorWay Forward Author:Steve Pavlina
“I'm not saying that advertising is going away. But the balance is shifting. If today the successful recipe is to put 70 percent of your energy into shouting about your service and 30 percent into making it great, over the next 20 years I think that's going to invert.” IfsThinkingYearsTodayNextEnergyBusinessSuccessfulBalancePercentAdvertisingGoing AwayRecipesShiftingShoutingInvert Author:Jeff Bezos
“Our premise is there are going to be a lot of winners. It's not winner take all. Other people do not have to lose for us to win.” PeopleWinningLosesBusinessWinnerPremises Author:Jeff Bezos
“Do what you love, but be damned sure it's profitable. If you do work you love, but it doesn't generate income, your business will fail. If you do work you hate, but it generates income, your health will fail... and your business along with it. If you can't do what you love and make it profitable, you've either got a hobby or a headache, not a sustainable business. Don't settle for anything less than passion and profit.” IfsHatePassionBusinessFailingProfitIncomeSettlingHobbiesProfitableWhat You LoveHeadacheWork You Love Author:Steve Pavlina