I’m not good at math. I never was and probably never will be. Everything I know about math is how to deal with percentages and subtracting costs from revenues.
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Being an Entrepreneur: The 6 Unusual Skills you Need
I can still remember my mom‘s toolkit in the basement. As a kid, it was longer than I was tall and it was heavier than my own weight. I still have problems lifting it today. But it had absolutely everything in it. It was a dream come true for every home improver.
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The key to happiness
The happiest person I've ever met in my life wasn’t a millionaire, a billionaire or someone that won the lottery (I actually haven’t met any of those three yet, but it helps the story). It was a guy that works at the cashier at my local supermarket.
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Waiting your life away...
The problem isn’t a lack of ideas or opportunities. They come and go. The problem is that we never really start working on them. We file them under…
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Are you unemployable?
by Yann Girard — Get free updates of new posts here
TweetIn 2011 I had to move back to Germany, because one of my projects didn’t work out. I spent the last 1.5 years in a country where I barely spoke the language, didn’t have any proper business experience and tried to build up a company in an industry I didn’t know anything about.
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This post is so good it will go viral...
This is what every startup, blogger or content marketer dreams about. Going viral. We did it. We just went viral! A dream come true. Not having to spend a dime on marketing our content or products ever again. From now on we will be on top of the game…
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- "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."