Quite often when I'm talking to people, and they're trying to get life advice, they're not playing their game. They're playing someone else's game. So much is about choosing the game for you. When you do that, you start becoming superhuman in your ability to get things done.
Everyone you just named, all those successful people, they were all-in. They were all-in. They were 100% in. They weren't like partly in. They're in. They're 100% in, and completely focused, and single-mindedly concentrated on executing the plan.
I've never seen a guardrail I don't try to jump.
I don't know that I'm good. I know I'm different. But I have this sort of insane belief that I can get good if I try hard enough.
The fear of failure... is a bigger motivator than the love of success.
I never imagined myself doing anything else other than starting a business. The idea just was in my consciousness from a very early age.
Anything can be turned into positivity and success, even if it starts in a bad place.
If I have one superpower, it’s that I have super patience.
Problems are your friend. You don't want to just tolerate problems. You want to embrace problems. You want to hug problems. Problems are the way you succeed. You want to run to the fire. You don't want to run away from the fire.
From that day on I said, 'I'll never, ever, ever, put the company in a position that we're financially strapped. I'll never do that again.'
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