You can try to be cheaper than everybody else, better than everybody else or you can try to be different. In the long run, only one of those strategies is sustainable...
Nobody wants to do the hard stuff...
The easy stuff has plenty of competition. Because most people want to do the easy stuff. The hard stuff on the other hand has barely any competition at all. Because nobody wants to do the hard stuff. Keep that in mind...
| |
|
The sweet spot
Most people know what to do. Some people know how to do it. But just a few people know what to do, how to do it and are actually really doing it. That's the sweet spot...
| |
|
Otherwise, you'll never get started...
Don't focus on "the best". The best way to get started. The best tools. The best processes. The best partners. The best customers. The best ideas... And instead, just focus on getting started. Otherwise, you'll never get started...
| |
|
Why you've started it...
Knowing how to do something can help you get started. But in the long run, it won't help you to keep going. The one thing that will help you to keep going, especially during tough times is the why. The reason why you've even started it...
| |
|
Getting freedom...
Education gets you a certificate. Doing stuff and getting your hands dirty gets you experience. And experience gets you real-world skills. And real-world skills get you freedom...
| |
|
Not so small
All of those small things? They all add up. Until one day, they aren't so small anymore...
| |
|
The harder you'll work for it...
The more you're putting on the line, the harder you'll work for it and therefore the bigger your chances of succeeding. As simple as that...
| |
|
Start using it...
Instead of spending more and more time acquiring information, we should start using all that information and start putting it into action...
| |
|
And not you...
You'll either get paid for the hours you put in or the size of the problem you're solving. The bigger the problem, the better. P.S. At the end of the day, the market decides how big the problem really is...
| |
|
Where to push...
It's rarely about pushing harder. And instead, it's about figuring out where to push to get the biggest results...
| |
|
What you need to keep going...
The qualities that help you get started, such as passion, ambition, motivation, imagination and a desire for change, are very different from the qualities you need to keep going, such as discipline, focus, patience and perseverance. Keep that in mind...
| |
|
Two things..
Two things that are holding us back: The need for being right and the fear of being wrong...
| |
|
All of them can be right...
What we're taught: There's only one correct answer and everything else is wrong. What the reality looks like: there are a million different answers and all of them can be right...
| |
|
Urgency creates action...
Whenever you feel like you still have a lot of time, you probably don't. And whenever you feel like you don't have enough time, you probably do. Because urgency creates action. And action creates results...
| |
|
The only true teacher
Losing your own (and not someone else's) money when something doesn't work out is the best and probably the only worthwhile teacher...
| |
|
The one thing that's needed...
Living in a world where almost everything is possible, the one thing that's needed is courage...
| |
|
From start to finish...
It's never been easier to start stuff. That's why it's never been harder to finish stuff...
| |
|
Like it or not...
When you do something that's against your beliefs, you've just created your new beliefs. Whether you like it or not...
| |
|
Abundance of comfort...
There isn't a lack of opportunities. There's just an abundance of comfort...
| |
|
Twenty years from now...
The only person you should be trying to impress is yourself twenty years from now...
| |
|
No reason...
When your actions don't match your words, your thoughts, your beliefs or your ambitions, then there's no reason to complain...
| |
|
The distribution part...
Doing the work isn't the hard part. Everybody can do the work. Figuring out how people can find out about you and your work is the hard part. You either have to become one of the best in your field so that over time people will find out about you and/or you figure out the distribution part...
| |
|
Only one of them...
There's a big difference between doing something because you really care about it and doing something because you only care about the results. In the long run, only one of them will lead to sustainable results...
| |
|
Just as much time...
Work that matters takes just as much time, energy and intelligence as work that doesn't. Keep that in mind...
| |
|
What would you do?
It's never too late to do the things that the person you think you are would do...
| |
|
The higher the chances that it isn't...
Just because everybody else is doing it doesn't necessarily mean that it's the best way of doing it. As a matter of fact, the more people that are doing it, the higher the chances that it isn't...
| |
|
A great choice...
The only difference between a great choice and a mediocre choice is the level of commitment...
| |
|
Over time...
Don't focus on big ideas. Instead, focus on small ideas and start working on them. Because big ideas are the result of many small ideas that add up to one big idea over time...
| |
|
Changing your goals...
Maybe you don't have to change your goals. Maybe you just have to change the way you're trying to achieve them...
| |
|
When it comes to results...
High expectations require a lot of patience. Patience when it comes to results and impatience when it comes to taking action...
| |
|
Too comfortable...
There will never be a shortage of opportunities. Because there'll always be an abundance of people that are too comfortable to seize them. Make it count...
| |
|
Looking for answers...
People are often asking questions because they're looking for confirmation and not for answers. Keep that in mind...
| |
|
In the long run...
Security and stability will cost you opportunities, freedom, flexibility and independence. Keep that in mind...
| |
|
Imbalanced balance...
Life's too short to be doing the same things over and over again. It's too short to keep doing new things over and over again. It's too short to not be taking any risks. It's too short to keep taking risks...
| |
|
The best advice is this...
The best advice is often the one you don't want to hear and don't (want to) agree with...
| |
|
Plenty of them...
Don't start looking for that new thing only once you're running out of time, energy or resources. And instead, start looking when you still got plenty of them...
| |
|
Impatient patience
Impatience when it comes to taking action and patience when it comes to results...
| |
|
What can you do?
Today it's not so much anymore about what you're able to do. But about what you're willing to do and willing to sacrifice to get it...
| |
|
Freedom and skills
Education gets you a job
Experience gets you skills.
And skills get you freedom.
But a job rarely gets you skills that will get you freedom...
| |
|
Good ideas will follow
You don't start once you've got good ideas. You just start and the ideas will follow. Good ones and bad ones. Mostly bad ones. But over time, some good ones will follow...
| |
|
The fastest way to learn
The fastest way to learn is to play with (and lose) your own money. And the slowest way to learn is to play with (and lose) someone else's money...
| |
|
Something new...
The challenge is that the things that got you started, are likely also going to be the things that will push you to just give up and start something new...
| |
|
Why they did what they did...
The first step is to understand what people said or did. And the second step (sometimes even more important than the first step) is to understand why they said what they said and did what they did...
| |
|
New vs status quo
Getting there requires a totally different skillset than staying there. It's rare to have/enjoy/find both. Keep that in mind...
| |
|
The ones you took...
In the long run, it's the shots you never took that will bring you down...
| |
|
Doesn't matter...
The best and probably only way to convince anyone: Results. Everything else doesn't really matter. Plans don't matter. Ideas don't matter. What you say doesn't matter. What you do doesn't matter. And sometimes even results don't matter...
| |
|
+++++++++++++++++++++
++ YANN'S DAILY BLOG ++
Search
Quote Box
- "97% of the people out there won't care about what you do. Act accordingly."
- "Money is not for buying things. Things don’t make us happy. Money is for buying ourselves some freedom to do the things that make us happy."
- "Being unrealistic is the most realistic thing you could do."
- "You just need one person who cares about what you do. And that person is you. And no one else. It all starts with you."
- "We always think we have enough time. Until we realize there's no more time left."
- "The only way to stay ahead of the curve is to create your own curve."
- "Be the dealer. Don't be the junkie. The dealer always wins. And the junkie always dies."
- "The only person you should try to please is your 80 year old self."
- "It's hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel when you keep your eyes closed.."
- "Most advice doesn’t work. Because most advice comes from people who’ve never even done the things they're taking about. And that's dangerous."
- "Being able to build something out of nothing is the most important skill. For what? For everything!"
- "Why are people who write about millionaire habits not millionaires?"
- "No one will magically find out about you."
- "The things you don't want to do are usually the things you should be doing. They're almost always the things that will get you where you want to be."
- "Don't let other people's reality be your reality.."
- "Today it's easier to get started than ever before. That's why most people give up so easily. Because it was so easy to begin with."
- "When you hate your job you'll never be able to do more than just mediocre work."
- "Don't listen too all the life advice out there. It's all B.S. Just like this right here."
- "No one starts as an expert. We all start from the bottom. And have to work our way to the top."
- "The only thing that will ever lead to quality is quantity. To do it over and over again. That’s the only way."
- "Be a Warrior, not a Worrier!"
- "New ways of doing things never work. Until they do. Just like old ways of doing things always work. Until they dont."
- "Constantly thinking about things won’t get you anywhere. You'll never find a solution just by thinking about it. You've gotta start doing."
- "Not getting it right is part of the process of getting it right."
- "How long does it take to change the world? As long as it takes to change yourself. So probably your whole life."
- "Focusing on results won't get you results. Focusing on the actions that produce results will get you results."
- "It's easy to forget all the things you have when all you do is to focus on the things you don't have."
- "Perfection will only hold you back"
- "Never listen to anyone who has never done what you're doing or want to do. Ignore your parents, your friends and pretty much everybody else."
- "Trading time for money is not freedom. It’s a prison. The only way you’ll ever be able to make more money is to trade more of your time."
- "The only way to beat the system is to know the system. Inside out."
- "It's not what you do on your good days that will make you. It's almost always what you do on your bad days that will either make you or break you."