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1 " The 80/20 rule makes it so that 80 percent of your problems come from 20 percent of your customers, and 80 percent of your profit comes from 20 percent of your products, etc., so by focusing on the good stuff, and getting rid of the bad, you can do great things. "
― , sciVive
2 " Even if someone gave you an amazing profitable idea with a high likelihood of working, you still wouldn’t do it. "
3 " The guy that pays you decides what you do with your time. "
4 " You’re only awake 16 hours a day. Now subtract out all the hours where you have to be doing something. How many hours are left? Three? This is your free time. Choose wisely how you spend these precious few hours. "
5 " What you discover is that if you want to live properly in this world, you need to be a little greedy. "
6 " Learn the language you need.Learn the language of business (accounting)Learn the language of scalability (programming)Learn the language of entrepreneurship (influence) "
7 " It’s easier to make money by affecting millions of people a little bit rather than a few people a whole lot. "
8 " These are the magic moments that you will remember on your deathbed. The things that made life worth living. Your first love, the birth of your child, achieving that lifelong dream, sharing great food and sights with friends and loved ones. "
9 " Chew and swallow before you take your next bite. "
10 " Money is what you use to get other people to do things for you, and in return someone other than you will do something for them. "
11 " Non-compete agreements are basically like door locks. They’re just there to keep honest people honest. Like door locks, they don’t stop anyone actually motivated to break the law. "
12 " It’s curious that you can, for $10,000, get 150 people to create something in competition for it. It literally means that you got 150 people to do something for $67 dollars each. Yep, hard to believe it, but $67 dollars times 150 people is $10,000 dollars. "
13 " Respect and charisma are what you use to get other people to do things for you, in the hope that you will do something personally for them. "
14 " Just like you’re not always doing what you should do, I assure you, neither are your employees. "
15 " Left” of something means literally the opposite of what you want it to, if the person you’re speaking to is on the other side of what you’re looking at. Your left is his or her right. It’s easier to say north, south, east or west, or reference another landmark, such as closer to the ocean, or sunset, because then it doesn’t matter what direction one is facing while giving directions. "
16 " Social justice warriors want to do negative reinforcing, retaliatory actions under the guise of something positive. It’s just a way to feel more important, more significant and be violent and hurtful towards someone else with a good excuse. "
17 " More money = less risk. Better environment = more opportunities. "
18 " Stop using the word “here.” No one knows where “here” or “there” is. Be specific. Where is here? "
19 " The more money you have, the more time you have. The healthier you could be, the healthier you can eat, and the smarter your friends are, the more opportunities that show up. "
20 " You won’t have the problem of a 200-year-old man for at least 80 years, so don’t worry about it. In 80 years we’ll have more than enough resources to handle a cool 200-year-old dude. "