Businesspeople From The United States

"Having a purpose puts you in control of your destiny."

"Fear kills more dreams than failure ever will."

"The third of the twelve truths in this book is that you must accept that fear is good."

"You cannot live forever, but what you create and build in your lifetime can."

"Most people are more afraid of the unknown than death."

"If the big multinational corporations are making the bricks, you can make millions supplying the mortar that holds their market together."

"The antidote for self-pity and negative thinking is gratitude."

"Obstacles, not products, are the source of creating wealth."

"Immortality is making a difference with the time we have."

"Be thankful you have problems because they are the key to your salvation."

"Unfortunately, growing up with a zero-sum perspective is like a horse wearing blinders – it limits the field of view for opportunity."

"You will win every race as long as you are the only runner on the track."

"The first truth you must accept for Future Proofing You is that nothing can be achieved without a growth mindset."

"If your job isn’t fulfilling, why are you so afraid of losing it?"

"Too many people’s careers are ruined by praise instead of propelled by criticism."

"Our world is fundamentally different from the one we were taught about in school."

"Attitude is something each one of us can learn to enhance and control."

"School was designed to get you to fall in line and get a job in someone else’s company."

"Are you truly living life or just paying bills until you die?"

"Your future -our world's future- is far more malleable and controllable than most people realize."

"No obstacle is so big that one person with determination can't make a difference."

"Most of your life you have been told to get the safe and steady job by people who had given up on their dreams years before you came along."

"No leader got there by following another's path. Better to walk alone than follow a crowd going in the wrong direction."

"You'll never know how close you are to victory if you give up."

"Crowdsourcing is the ultimate disruptor, because in a most Zenlike fashion, the content is controlled by all and none at the sme time."

"Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing themselves."

"Solve for others to solve for you."

"No democracy can survive without a thriving middle class and entrepreneurs are our job creators."

"What's at the heart of all sales and marketing: creating demand even in the absence of logic."

"The customer is always right. Even when they're wrong."

"A free and open Internet is a despot's worst enemy."

"Most startup failures result from entrepreneurs who are better at making excuses than products."

"Every threat to the status quo is an opportunity in disguise."

"Billions of dollars in research knowledge lie dormant at universities waiting for the right disruptor to come along and create a business."

"Data is the most rational and productive member of any startup team. Data may disappoint, but it never lies."

"The trouble with most entrepreneurs is that they would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism."

"Data has no ego and makes an excellent copilot."

"The harder I work, the luckier I get."

"Wealth that can last generations can now be attained in the shortest time ever in history."

"Success doesn't teach as many lessons as failure does."

"If you can imagine a solution, you can make it happen."

"A disruptor finds opportunity and profit from his misfortunes."

"Problems are just businesses waiting for the right entrepreneur to unlock the value."

""Speed to Fail" should be every entrepreneur's motto. When you finally find the one idea that can't be killed, go with it."

"Insight and drive are all you need. Everything else can be hired."

"An average idea enthusiastically embraced will go further than a genius idea no one gets."

"Those who recognize the inevitability of changes stand to benefit the most."

"The difference between successful and unsuccessful people is that successful ones know that the most unprofitable thing ever manufactured is an excuse."

"Be the best at what you do or the only one doing it."

"The most important tool you have on a resume is language."