Bubbles & Dreams
RSSPain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever.” by Lance Armstrong
Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist.
- Mary Kay
Microsoft’s founding mission: “A computer on every desk and in every home, all running Microsoft software.” Gates set this goal back in 1975, when it wasn’t clear that most people would even encounter a computer in their lives, let alone see any need to buy one.
If the first thing you do in the morning is eat a live frog, you can go through the rest of the day knowing the worst is behind you.
- Work Smart: Do Your Worst Task First (Or, Eat a Live Frog Every Morning)
“Alec Brownstein needed a job, so he did something just a little different to get himself an interview. He ran a Google Adwords campaign for the names of some of the worlds best creative directory in Gerry Graf, David Droga, Tony Granger, Ian Reichenthal and Scott Vitrone.”
from: http://www.digitalbuzzblog.com/the-google-job-experiment
You have to risk going too far to discover just how far you can really go.
- T.S. Elliot
Web 2.0 Expo SF 2010: Eric Ries, “The Lean Startup: Innovation Through Experimentation. …” (via OreillyMedia)
When you’re in business, there are two doors you can walk through. You can walk through the door where you treat the customer like your guest, operating by the rule that the customer is always right. Or you can be cutthroat. The first door is the door of kindness.
More people, though, are finding a way to surf and get paid for it. Freelance projects, joint ventures, entrepreneurial startups are all paying off for people who are hooked on this feeling of plan, launch, cowabunga, repeat. Each time you do it, you get to take on a bigger project, a bigger wave.
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