How you climb a mountain is more important than reaching the top.
How you climb a mountain is more important than reaching the top.

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Other Entrepreneurship :
- The goal is freedom.
- Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.
- Doesn’t matter how fast you cross the finish line if you’re running the wrong race.
- Be prepared to go the extra mile; there is less competition there.
- Without business skills, your passion or hobby will not translate into money in your pocket.
- Why join the navy if you can be a pirate?
- Use your profession to fund your passion.
- Think big from the beginning.
- Smart people are a dime a dozen and often don’t amount to much. What counts is being creative and imaginative.
- It’s called entrepreneurSHIP, not entrepreneurSIT. Don’t wait. Just ship.
- If obstacles are large, jump higher.
- Uncovering the right problem is half the solution.
- Don’t buy value-added. Be the one adding value. Create goodwill.
- A company shouldn’t get addicted to being shiny, because shiny doesn’t last.
- You can say anything to anyone, but how you say it will determine how they will react.
- To be a great business person, you must be a great observer.
- Many companies describe themselves as customer-focused, but few walk the walk. Most big technology companies are competitor focused.
- The ones who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones that do.
- Wisdom is hard to get but hardest to lose if once obtained.
- Life is too fragile and valuable to be spent doing something you hate.