Acquaintances represent a source of social power and the more acquaintances you have the more powerful you are.

Acquaintances represent a source of social power and the more acquaintances you have the more powerful you are.

Malcolm Gladwell

Don't expect front row seats if you're giving nosebleed effort.

Don't expect front row seats if you're giving nosebleed effort.

You can change environments, but until you change yourself, nothing else will ever change.

You can change environments, but until you change yourself, nothing else will ever change.

Everyone wants to shine bright like a diamond, but no one wants to get cut.

Everyone wants to shine bright like a diamond, but no one wants to get cut.

Don't make a habit out of choosing what feels good over what's actually good for you.

Don't make a habit out of choosing what feels good over what's actually good for you.

When the need to succeed is as bad as the need to breathe, then you'll be successful.

When the need to succeed is as bad as the need to breathe, then you'll be successful.

Knowledge isn't power, applied knowledge is power

Knowledge isn't power, applied knowledge is power

There can be as much value in the blink of an eye as in months of rational analysis.

There can be as much value in the blink of an eye as in months of rational analysis.

The successful are those who have been given opportunities.

The successful are those who have been given opportunities.

Working really hard is what successful people do.

Working really hard is what successful people do.

Truly successful decision-making relies on a balance between deliberate and instinctive thinking.

Truly successful decision-making relies on a balance between deliberate and instinctive thinking.

The trick to finding ideas is to convince yourself that everyone and everything has a story.

The trick to finding ideas is to convince yourself that everyone and everything has a story.

Nobody accomplishes success by themselves.

Nobody accomplishes success by themselves.

Often a sign of expertise is noticing what doesn't happen.

Often a sign of expertise is noticing what doesn't happen.

Incompetence annoys me. Overconfidence terrifies me.

Incompetence annoys me. Overconfidence terrifies me.

Emotion is contagious.

Emotion is contagious.

No one who can rise before dawn three hundred sixty days a year fails to make his family rich.

No one who can rise before dawn three hundred sixty days a year fails to make his family rich.

Achievement is talent plus preparation

Achievement is talent plus preparation

When you're an underdog, you're forced to try things you would never otherwise have attempted.

When you're an underdog, you're forced to try things you would never otherwise have attempted.