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Quote for Entrepreneurs--December 2014 (skmurphy.com)
1 point by skmurphy on Jan 6, 2015 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments



Here are my top six from the December 2014 list:

"Entrepreneurs depend entirely on their own abilities for their financial security, because they realize that the only security is the security they create themselves." Dan Sullivan in “The Great Crossover”

“The answers you get depend upon the questions you ask.” Thomas Kuhn

Scale back your long hopes to a short period. While we speak, envious time will have already fled: seize the day, trusting as little as possible in tomorrow. Horace in "Ode XI: To Leuconoe"

"No one can truly understand the life of an entrepreneur but another entrepreneur." Philadelphia Startup Leaders Manifesto

"We're all self-made men, but not very many of us have stayed on the job." Kin Hubbard

"You're competing against people in a state of flow, people who are truly committed, people who care deeply about the outcome." Seth Godin in "Texting While Working"


“One has to make a decision when a condition is likely to degenerate if nothing is done.” Peter Drucker in Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, and Practices

My father's take: "Do something, even if it's stupid!" -- Charles Russell Crawford




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