Quotes from Guy Kawasaki

My perspective is this: my allegiance is to the best product for my needs. For a computer, this means Macintosh. For phone and tablet, this means Android.

Some things need to be believed to be seen.

Better to fail at doing the right thing than to succeed at doing the wrong thing.

When I finally got a management position, I found out how hard it is to lead and manage people.

If you start out to solely make money, you will attract the wrong kind of employees.

The companies that are successful, they start out to make meaning, not to make money.

Smart, well-meaning people get it wrong when they start believing that the world owes them something and that the rules are different for them.

If you want to make a good first impression, smile at people. What does it cost to smile? Nothing. What does it cost not to smile? Everything, if not smiling prevents you from enchanting people.

Writing a book isn't an easy process nor is it always enjoyable, but it is one of life's most satisfying achievements.

The higher you go in a company, the less oxygen there is, so supporting intelligent life becomes difficult.

If you have to put someone on a pedestal, put teachers. They are society's heroes.

A crash is when your competitor's program dies. When your program dies, it is an 'idiosyncrasy'.

Don't get stubborn, flow with the go. The key is to be open to unintended success. Some companies just can't take yes for an answer.

If achieving success were easy, more people would do it.

I have developed a Zen-like approach to the operating systems that people use: 'When you're ready, the right operating system will appear in your life.

What I lack in talent, I compensate with my willingness to grind it out. That's the secret of my life.

My real mantra for my life is "empower others".

Leverage your brand. You shouldn't let two guys in a garage eat your shorts.

Ambitious failure, magnificent failure, is a very good thing.

Good people hire people better than themselves. So A players hire A+ players. But others hire below their skills to make themselves look good. So B players hire C players. C players hire D players, etc.

It doesn't matter whether the Dow is 5000 or 50,000. If you're an entrepreneur, there is no bad time to start a company.

Most people who graduate from college think they have to make a perfect choice. Is it Goldman Sachs? Is it Google? Is it Apple? They think that their first job is going to determine their career, if not their life.

Every person has the ability to improve the life of someone else.

I have four kids in a private school who have not yet entered college. Their tuition is what keeps me motivated. Life is simple sometimes.