You don’t have to submerge. Just take a D.I.P. in Daily Incremental Progress.
~ Ryan Lilly
There’s been a lot written on the topic of minimalism. But I still believe in it.
Gamblers take blind risks. Entrepreneurs take risks while visually impaired and feel their way up and out.
Proformas rarely perform; missed projections are more often the norm. Still, we skew them up high, we miss but we try, for proformas which rarely perform.
Entrepreneurs see the no diving sign and back-up to get a running start.
The one thing all entrepreneurs have in common is that they started. The one thing everyone else has in common is that they haven’t.
I wonder if the highlighter was highlight of the career for the person who invented it?
I like to go to Starbucks and watch the intellectuals. I observe them and their intellectualness. They in turn observe me drinking coffee and being a creeper.
I check every can of Barbasol I buy for dinosaur embryos. I haven't found any yet, as evidenced by the lack of T-Rex screams in my apartment.
The most honorable part of a network are the hubs, not the nodes that lead to nowhere.
Legacy accounting: Will you have been an asset or a liability on the world's balance sheet?
My greatest expectation is that I expect more of myself than anyone could expect.
Social media is not just a spoke on the wheel of marketing. It's becoming the way entire bicycles are built.
The smell of new office supplies is so satisfying while being kicked out of Staples for inappropriate behavior with a file folder is so embarrassing.
Do billboard salesmen record their sales on charts? If so, who's at the top of the billboard charts for billboard sales?
Entrepreneurs often underestimate costs and overestimate rewards. But the fact that they estimate & still take action sets them apart from peers.
Beautiful mosaics are made of broken or torn material. The most spectacular personal brands are compilations of the same.
Metal business cards are a good investment. Especially if you were to meet Magneto. He would have no other choice but to be attracted to you.
Carve-out a niche, craft a personal pitch, push-out content and your brand is enriched.
If your personal brand were at a trade show alongside several thousand others, how would you fare? Now scale that to the global economy.
For a case study in personal branding. Google “Jarod Kintz.” He’s kind of a big deal.
Sensible brands lend themselves to all of the senses.
Contributors and distributors tend to do better at personal branding than takers and fakers.
Run after today, lest you run out of tomorrows.
