Start by admitting that greatness doesn’t come from the distraction and busywork that often fills up our lives. Leo Babauta on ‘How To Be Great’

SMART PERSON EVENTUALLY FIND SOMETHING THAT WORK. ONCE FIND, IT KIND OF BORING. LOTS OF SMART PEOPLE FIND WAY TO WIN, THROW IT AWAY FOR EXCITING NEW WAY TO LOSE. FAKEGRIMLOCK on ‘Win Like Stupid’

To be a true business owner, make sure you can leave for a year, and when you comeback, your business would be doing better than when you left Derek Sivers from ‘Anything You Want’

We need to own anger until it’s served its purpose, then discard it. Paul Jarvis on ‘Dealing with anger before it deals with you’

…is when people approach me and say, ‘I have a million-dollar idea and it’s going to be amazing.’ They think just an idea will make them millions. That’s not the way business really works. It’s about executing the hell out of your idea — better than anyone else.” Gurbaksh Chahal, entrepreneur

When everyone has a laptop and connection to the world, then everyone owns a factory. Instead of coming together physically, we have the ability to come together virtually, to earn attention, to connect labor and resources, to deliver value.” Seth Godin, The forever recession (and the coming revolution)