Good people don’t take a job just for salary. They take a job for camaraderie, learning opportunity, or because of their career direction.

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always try to do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, are great.” – Mark Twain.

There is a reason why we admire certain people. They espouse something that strikes a chord within us. Be it their innate talent, drive, wisdom, or attitude, there is a reason we find certain individuals fascinating, and if we can harness that same spark that made them great, perhaps we can achieve greatness as well.

There are degrees of discomfort, and everyone has a different breaking point. But if you want to be an entrepreneur, there is no choice.

Steve Jobs is someone I’ve studied inside and out, and I’ve applied so many of his techniques and philosophies to my businesses. It’s a remote mentorship because I’ve never met him.

I get thousands of requests for mentorship, but they don’t offer anything in return, like filing, cleaning my house, or something. All too often, it’s “please mentor me; I need my shot.” But they don’t offer anything in return.

You’ll survive, no matter how bad it is – it isn’t as bad it could be. Shake off your mistakes, but try not to repeat them.

To become a “master” of something, you must work with focus and purpose.

With or without realizing it, every successful person has created behaviors – systems for greeting people, networking, and making telephone calls to aid them in their pursuits. By observing the traits of successful people, you can create your own system for success.

There are guys I’d love to learn from, but they wouldn’t be a good fit for me, so I read their blogs and books.