Quotes About Investment

just about every company forgot the lesson of the Cow. Instead of taking the money and using it to create a series of innovations that could lead to the next Cow (at a higher, bigger level), these companies took profits.

The opportunity cost of investing your life in something that's not going to get better is just too high.

It's Almost Impossible to Overinvest in Becoming the Market Leader.

Strategic quitting is a conscious decision you make based on the choices that are available to you. If you realize you're at a dead end compared with what you could be investing in, quitting is not only a reasonable choice, it's a smart one

Key fact: in 2003 pharmaceutical companies spent more on marketing and sales than they did on research and development. When it comes time to invest, it's pretty clear that spreading the ideas behind the medicine is more important than inventing the medicine itself.

The opportunity cost of investing your life in something that's not going to get better is too high.

Are you overinvesting (really significantly overinvesting) time and money so that you have a much greater chance of dominating a market? And if you don't have enough time and money, do you have the guts to pick a different, smaller market to conquer?

Given the choice between building a thriving, profitable business with a niche and a really boring product and putting your life savings into an intensely competitive business where you're likely to fail but the product is cool, the experienced bootstrapper will pick the former every time. If you find an industry filled with wannabe entrepreneurs with a dollar and a dream, run away and look for something else!

One reason to buy a watch (or a book) is because you want to possess it, show it off, give it to your grandchildren. Holding a book is a luxury, one for which you pay a premium.

Are you overinvesting (really significantly overinvesting) time and money so that you have a much greater chance of dominating a market? And if you don't have enough time and money, do you have the guts to pick a different, smaller market to conquer? Once you're doing those things, then you get it.

Tribes are the most effective media channels ever, but they're not for sale or for rent. Tribes don't do what you want; they do what they want. Which is why joining and leading a tribe is such a powerful marketing investment.

La confianza en la marca es un nivel de permiso que merece la pena? ¡Por supuesto que sí! Pero se debe vigilar, atender e invertir en ella.

Quitting when you're in the dip is a bad idea. If the journey you started was worth doing, then quitting when you hit the dip just wastes the time you've already invested.

Return on Connection Investment

Quit when you'll be mediocre, when the returns aren't worth the investment, when you no longer think you'll enjoy the ends. Stick when the dip is the obstacle that creates scarcity, when you're simply bridging the gap between beginner's luck and mastery.

past performance is no guarantee of future success.

If I could offer just one piece of inspiration, it's this: The Dip is the reason you're here. Whether you're lifting weights or negotiating a sale or applying for a job or lunging for a tennis ball, you've made a huge investment. You've invested time and money and effort to get to this moment. You've acquired the equipment and the education and the reputation…all so you can confront this Dip, right now. The Dip is the reason you're here.

Most entrepreneurs don't think about money too much when they decide to start a business. When's the last time you asked someone at a cocktail party what he does, and he responded, "Every month, I generate more cash than I spend"?

Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration

If you care about something enough, its going to make you cry.

You know why divorce costs so much? Because it is worth it!

If you're the kind of kid who thinks that all that's important in life is making money, Wall Street is probably still the place to go, especially now that Trump's elected.

Once you finish paying for college you could reduce your life insurance.

Any man who, having planted a vineyard, has not yet reaped the benefits should do so at once, so that he does not die in the struggle and leave it for another to enjoy.