“Making money” is hyped as some special skill. It's not. Absolutely anyone can make money. Like the guy who spends $1,000 gambling, wins $2.50 and declares himself a big winner. He made money. Or the woman who spends $25,000 on ads and sponsorships and...
“Just know that if you're crying, or you're having a bad day and you've been knocked around, the best thing you can do is to come back. Some days just suck. And if I stopped this business every time someone said something mean to me or I felt bad or I felt like...
“You're going to be an idiot occasionally. Embrace this opportunity for a good story, learn from it, forgive yourself, and try not to make idiocy a common event in your day.” —John Carlton — We all know that expectations of perpetual perfection are...
“It’s okay to start slow. It’s okay to grow slow. As much as you want to think that all things would change if you only had more cash available, they probably won’t. The reality is that for most businesses, they don’t need more cash, they need more...
Any commitment–from going to school to having children to training for a 5K to marriage–will have its rough patches. They're a normal, natural part of the cycles of discovery, growth, learning and realignment. Creating and running a business is no...