“My advice to you, if you should ever be in a hold up, is to line up with the cowards and save your bravery for an occasion when it may be of some benefit to you.” IfsShouldMayLinesAdviceBenefitsBraveryOccasionsCoward Book:100 Selected Stories Source: 100 Selected Stories
“If solitude deprives of the benefit of advice, it also excludes from the mischief of flattery. But the absence of others' applause is generally supplied by the flattery of one's own breast.” IfsAdviceSolitudeBenefitsAbsenceBreastsFlatteryApplauseMischief Book:Aphorisms and Reflections: A Miscellany of Thought and Opinion Source: Aphorisms and Reflections: A Miscellany of Thought and Opinion
“I don't know much about the music business, but for just general advice for someone trying to create things, as simple as this sounds, I think the best thing you can do is constantly try to improve upon your work. Always focus on that first and foremost, and leave everything else (marketing, image) completely secondary. Obviously, easier said than done when you're trying to make a living, but if you can move along those lines and earnestly try to make things that you really enjoy it can only benefit you in the long run.” IfsThinkingKnowsTryingFirstsLongSaidDoneRunningMovingEnjoySoundCan DoLinesSimpleFocusAdviceEasierBenefitsMarketingBest ThingsLong RunsMusic BusinessEasier Said Than Done Author:Joe Rogan
“Any outfit that can't figure out clean toilets and decent theming on its own can't benefit from my advice.” AdviceFiguresBenefitsCleanDecentToilets Book:Makers Source: Makers
“My advice is to stop trying to "network" in the traditional business sense, and instead just try to build up the number and depth of your friendships, where the friendship itself is its own reward. The more diverse your set of friendships are, the more likely you'll derive both personal and business benefits from your friendship later down the road. You won't know exactly what those benefits will be, but if your friendships are genuine, those benefits will magically appear 2-3 years later down the road.” IfsKnowsTryingYearsNumbersAdviceBenefitsRewardsDepthGenuineTraditionalDiverseDown The RoadStop TryingBusiness Sense Author:Tony Hsieh
“Aside from that i’m an introvert and i’m a quiet person. The benefit of that is I listen. It’s not like my mouth is open and I broadcast everything and i’m drowning everyone out. When I’m listening to the incredible artists I work with and i’m hearing their specialised advice on what they would do with something then we can, all together, as a big collaborative group, all work together to achieve something together.” PersonsBigsTogetherArtistGroupsAdviceListeningQuietBenefitsMouthsIncrediblesHearingIntrovertDrowningQuiet Person Author:Jennifer Yuh Nelson