Anything You Want

Trust, but verify.

Make yourself unnecessary to the running of your business.

who is personally affected by what you say.

For an idea to get big-big-big, it has to be useful. And being useful doesn’t need funding.

Success comes from persistently improving and inventing, not from persistently doing what’s not working.

Remember it when delegating. You have to do both.

Just pay close attention to what excites you and what drains you. Pay close attention to when you’re being the real you and when you’re trying to impress an invisible jury.

E-mail blasts are the best training for being clear.

If you set up your business like you don’t need the money, people are happier to pay you. When someone’s doing something for the money, people can sense it, like they sense a desperate lover. It’s a turnoff.