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How to Get Rich QUOTES

How to Get Rich QUOTES

1 " Once you believe that you are infallible, that success will automatically lead to more success, and that you have "got it made," reality will be sure to give you a rude wake-up call. Believing your own bullshit is always a perilous activity, but never more fatal than for the owner of a start-up venture. "

― Felix Dennis , How to Get Rich

2 " There is absolutely nothing more likely to dampen the prospects of becoming rich than a nice, fat, regular salary check. "

― Felix Dennis , How to Get Rich

3 " When you come across real talent, it is sometimes worth allowing them to create the structure in which they choose to labor. In nine cases out of ten, by inviting them to take responsibility and control for a new venture, you will motivate them to do great things. "

― Felix Dennis , How to Get Rich

4 " Talent is indispensable, although it is 'always' replaceable. Just remember the simple rules concerning talent:
Identify It,
Hire It,
Nurture It,
Reward It,
Protect It.
And when the time comes, Fire It. "

― Felix Dennis , How to Get Rich

5 " Sometimes, to ensure that a talented individual will work for you, or will stay working with you, you need to be flexible. Money is not always the great motivator here. Talented people want a good salary, of course, but surprisingly often they are more attracted to new opportunities and challenges. "

― Felix Dennis , How to Get Rich

6 " Ideas don’t make you rich. The correct execution of ideas does. "

― Felix Dennis , How to Get Rich

7 " Most of the worst errors I made in my life came from forgetting to act small. "

― Felix Dennis , How to Get Rich

8 " working too long for other people can blunt your desire to take risks. "

― Felix Dennis , How to Get Rich

9 " Having a great idea is simply not enough. The eventual goal is vastly more important than any idea. It is how ideas are implemented that counts in the long run "

― Felix Dennis , How to Get Rich

10 " Never retreat. Never explain. Get it done and let them howl.’ The "

― Felix Dennis , How to Get Rich

11 " To become rich you must be an owner. And you must try to own it all. You must strive with every fibre of your being, while recognising the idiocy of your behaviour, to own and retain control of as near to 100 per cent of any company as you can. If that is not possible, in a public company, for example, then you must be prepared to make yourself hated by those around you who are also trying to be rich. That is the dirty, rotten little secret of it all, my friend. "

― Felix Dennis , How to Get Rich

12 " Because ownership isn’t the important thing. If you want to be rich, it’s the only thing. THE "

― Felix Dennis , How to Get Rich

13 " To become rich, every single percentage point of anything you own is crucial. It is worth fighting for, tooth and claw. It is worth suing for. It is worth shouting and banging on the table for. It is worth begging for and grovelling for. It is worth lying and cheating for. In extremis, it is even worth negotiating for. Never, "

― Felix Dennis , How to Get Rich

14 " Time is the only thing we cannot replace, apart from our health and our lives. I resent wasting a moment of it. But "

― Felix Dennis , How to Get Rich

15 " It’s so easy to delegate important work to people who are similar in temperament and skill-sets to you, or to promote them. So easy and so wrong. "

― Felix Dennis , How to Get Rich

16 " You do not need to be clever. You do not even need to be that adept. You need only a little cunning and massive determination to become rich. Providing you can pay much cleverer but risk-averse people properly, and promote them and lead them in such a way that they are all rowing in the same direction, they will sign on to your little ship. "

― Felix Dennis , How to Get Rich

17 " Persuading them to join is not the problem, but separating the wheat from the chaff is harder. "

― Felix Dennis , How to Get Rich

18 " After a lifetime of making money and observing better men and women than I fall by the wayside, I am convinced that fear of failing in the eyes of the world is the single biggest impediment to amassing wealth. Trust me on this. "

― Felix Dennis , How to Get Rich

19 " As an owner, or an owner in training, you must always be alert for the telltale signs that here is a candidate for promotion and delegation. "

― Felix Dennis , How to Get Rich

20 " Never, never, never, never hand over a single share of anything you have acquired or created if you can help it. Nothing. Not one share. To no one. No matter what the reason – unless you genuinely have to. Do "

― Felix Dennis , How to Get Rich