279 Quotes Tagged: business

"Những kẻ không độc quyền thường nói dối ngược lại: "Chúng tôi đang trong cuộc chơi của chính mình".
Doanh nhân luôn bị định kiến là xem nhẹ quy mô sự cạnh tranh, nhưng đó chính là lỗi lớn nhất mà một doanh nghiệp khởi nghiệp mắc phải.
Sai lầm chết người là xem thị trường của bạn cực hẹp để bạn có thể thống trị nó."

You don’t need to come up with a game-changing solution to every problem. If you develop tunnel-vision on each and every hiccup, you will inevitably lose sight of the big picture and not be able to sustain your business. Those who think more in terms of turning a negative outcome into a positive potential have a much better chance of riding out the rough times.

Attack is the secret of defense; defense is the planning of an attack.

A true business opportunity is the on that an entrepreneur invents to grow him or herself. Not to work in, but to work on.

The spot where we intend to fight must not be made known; for then the enemy will have to prepare against a possible attack at several different points;

For nearly four years you have had an Administration which instead of twirling its thumbs has rolled up its sleeves. We will keep our sleeves rolled up. We had to struggle with the old enemies of peace — business and financial monopoly, speculation, reckless banking, class antagonism, sectionalism, war profiteering. They had begun to consider the Government of the United States as a mere appendage to their own affairs. We know now that Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob.

Do extremely difficult work.

That seems obvious, right? If you do something that's valued but scarce because it's difficult, you're more likely to be in demand and to be compensated fairly for what you do.

The implication is stunning, though: When designing a project or developing a skill, seek out the most difficult parts to master and contribute. If it's easy, it's not for you.

An old boss once warned: “You’ll never be rich since you’re obviously smart, and someone will always offer you a job that’s just good enough.

Wealth is a person’s ability to survive a certain number of days forward.

The corporations that embrace Data Science will find their long-term, generational growth directly proportional to how effectively they incorporated data scientist teams into their strategic planning.

We knew well how much these people were paying for cocaine - and that the more coke cost, the more people wanted it. We applied the same market plan to our budding catering operation, along with a similar pricing structure, and business was suddenly very, very, good.

To be successful, one has to be one of three bees - the queen bee, the hardest working bee, or the bee that does not fit in. One success is inherited, and the the next one is earned. While the last one is self-sought, self-served, and happens on its own terms.

Manners are the lubricating oil of an organization. It is a law of nature that two moving bodies in contact with each other create friction. This is as true for human beings as it is for inanimate objects. Manners- simple things like saying 'please' and 'thank you' and knowing a person’s name or asking after her family enable two people to work together whether they like each other or not. Bright people, especially bright young people, often do not understand this. If analysis shows that someone’s brilliant work fails again and again as soon as cooperation from others is required, it probably indicates a lack of courtesy – that is, a lack of manners.

It has been my philosophy of life that difficulties vanish when faced boldly.

"Don't make up problems you don't have yet. It's not a problem until it's a real problem. Most of the things you worry about never happen anyway.

The decisions you make today don't need to last forever. If circumstances change, your decisions CAN change. Decisions are temporary.

Pay attention to today and worry about later when it gets here. Otherwise, you'll waste energy, time and money fixating on problems that may never materialize."

~ An excerpt from the awesome book, "Rework"