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Your Next Five Moves: Master the Art of Business Strategy QUOTES

Your Next Five Moves: Master the Art of Business Strategy QUOTES

1 " You want to choose a path that puts the odds of winning in your favor; in poker, it’s called game selection. What determines if you win in any game (or business) isn’t how good you are; it’s how good you are relative to your competition. That’s why it’s so important to know your own strengths and weaknesses and find a market in which you have an inherent advantage. "

― Patrick Bet-David , Your Next Five Moves: Master the Art of Business Strategy

2 " You're going to use experiences to become either bitter or better. To get better you must reflect on your mistakes. "

― Patrick Bet-David , Your Next Five Moves: Master the Art of Business Strategy

3 " The most dangerous unhappy people I’ve met are those who are both extremely ambitious and extremely lazy. What this combination produces is envy, which is a deadly sin that will make your life a living hell. These are people who think big and want to do something big, but they’re not willing to put in the work to earn it. They’ll cheat. They’ll throw you under the bus. They’re constantly looking for shortcuts. And if someone else has what they want, it eats away at their very soul. If someone is winning at a higher level than you are, either lower your expectations to match your work ethic or increase your work ethic to exceed your expectations. If you do neither, you’ll be miserable. What it all boils down to is that alignment is the key to fulfillment "

― Patrick Bet-David , Your Next Five Moves: Master the Art of Business Strategy

4 " I’ve met many unfulfilled, unhappy people. The most dangerous unhappy people I’ve met are those who are both extremely ambitious and extremely lazy. What this combination produces is envy, which is a deadly sin that will make your life a living hell. These are people who think big and want to do something big, but they’re not willing to put in the work to earn it. They’ll cheat. They’ll throw you under the bus. They’re constantly looking for shortcuts. And if someone else has what they want, it eats away at their very soul. "

― Patrick Bet-David , Your Next Five Moves: Master the Art of Business Strategy

5 " Your vision must align with who you want to be. Your choices must align with your vision. Your effort must align with the size of your vision. Your behavior must align with your values and principles. "

― Patrick Bet-David , Your Next Five Moves: Master the Art of Business Strategy

6 " The author and relationship coach Mark Manson said, “I always tell men, if every girl you date is unstable and crazy, that’s a reflection of your emotional maturity level. It’s a reflection of your confidence or lack of confidence. It’s a reflection of your neediness. "

― Patrick Bet-David , Your Next Five Moves: Master the Art of Business Strategy

7 " The moment you understand who you will have to spend the rest of your life with and learn to accept it, you’ll eliminate self-judgment, which will empower you to make more bold moves. It will minimize overthinking and increase execution. "

― Patrick Bet-David , Your Next Five Moves: Master the Art of Business Strategy

8 " Any entrepreneur who wants to stay sane needs to let go of the silly notion that challenges are scary. Challenges never stop coming, so you’d better learn to love them and thrive on them. Every struggle is an opportunity to grow and improve. "

― Patrick Bet-David , Your Next Five Moves: Master the Art of Business Strategy

9 " I cannot teach you desire. If you prefer to avoid hard work, if you feel no desire to do something important with your life, there’s not much I can do for you. "

― Patrick Bet-David , Your Next Five Moves: Master the Art of Business Strategy

10 " Awareness shows you that you are at the center of all your problems (and solutions). "

― Patrick Bet-David , Your Next Five Moves: Master the Art of Business Strategy

11 " Your anger at others dies out once you see that no one but you controls your fate. "

― Patrick Bet-David , Your Next Five Moves: Master the Art of Business Strategy

12 " I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion. —Alexander the Great "

― Patrick Bet-David , Your Next Five Moves: Master the Art of Business Strategy

13 " There’s nothing wrong with wanting freedom, but it may feel empty once you’ve attained it. "

― Patrick Bet-David , Your Next Five Moves: Master the Art of Business Strategy

14 " You must act like a great company (or a great entrepreneur/intrapreneur) long before you ever become one. "

― Patrick Bet-David , Your Next Five Moves: Master the Art of Business Strategy

15 " What it all boils down to is that alignment is the key to fulfillment. Keep these things in mind: Your vision must align with who you want to be. Your choices must align with your vision. Your effort must align with the size of your vision. Your behavior must align with your values and principles. "

― Patrick Bet-David , Your Next Five Moves: Master the Art of Business Strategy

16 " Traits of Companies That Attract Intrapreneurs 1. Their executives are comfortable taking calculated risks and encouraging creativity. 2. Their compensation plan incentivizes innovation and outstanding performers. 3. Their executives play offense (improve) instead of just playing defense (cover their asses). 4. Their executives elevate potential stars rather than hold them back. 5. Their executives actively seek out ideas from all layers of the organization. 6. Their executives actively look for young talent to keep the company vibrant and innovative. "

― Patrick Bet-David , Your Next Five Moves: Master the Art of Business Strategy

17 " When you study the most important person (you), you will begin to learn how to conquer the most important person who is holding you back (you). "

― Patrick Bet-David , Your Next Five Moves: Master the Art of Business Strategy

18 " Studying others gives us knowledge, but studying yourself ultimately leads to an incredible amount of freedom. "

― Patrick Bet-David , Your Next Five Moves: Master the Art of Business Strategy

19 " In his insightful book Principles: Life and Work, Ray Dalio said, “I learned that if you work hard and creatively, you can have just about anything you want, but not everything you want. Maturity is the ability to reject good alternatives in order to pursue even better ones. "

― Patrick Bet-David , Your Next Five Moves: Master the Art of Business Strategy

20 " received a message on LinkedIn from an IBM executive who wrote, “Pat, I’ve been at IBM for a while and I have been following your content for a few years. I make good money, but I really want to be an entrepreneur. However, I have a wife and three kids and I’m kind of worried about them. What should I do?” We emailed back and forth for a while, and I asked him questions about who he wanted to be. He began to see that intrapreneurship looked like the ideal choice for him. This is when you’re part of a company and create a new business unit, lead a new initiative, or work out incentives that reward you for driving growth and innovation. In some cases, it might just mean being so indispensable that a company has to pay you equity to retain you. "

― Patrick Bet-David , Your Next Five Moves: Master the Art of Business Strategy