Quotes About Opportunity

The New York Times was offered a deal with Amazon during the 1990s. It would have transformed the economics of the paper and delivered billions of dollars in revenue over time. According to former CFO Diane Baker, senior management turned it down. They were worried that they would upset Barnes & Noble, which at the time was a big advertiser. Management had nostalgia for a future with steady increases in their current business, and felt threatened by a radical shift in that future.

Ce alegem s? vindem este la latitudinea noastr?. Dac? nu se poate vorbi despre schimbarea pe care vrei s-o faci, poate c? ar trebui s? g?ses?ti o alt? schimbare care s? merite f?cut?.

But wait, that's not enough. Not only do you need to find a Dip that you can conquer but you also need to quit all the Cul-de-Sacs that you're currently idling your way through. You must quit the projects and investments and endeavors that don't offer you the same opportunity. It's difficult, but it's vitally important.

Hoy en día no empezar es muchísimo peor que equivocarse.

Quitting creates scarcity; scarcity creates value.

There's a gap in the market where your version of better can make a welcome change happen.

Organizations respond to competitive threats. Individuals respond to colleagues or to opportunities. Response is always better than reaction.

Desire for gain versus avoidance of loss.

Marketing, the verb, changed the market. The market is now a lot less impressed with average stuff for average people, and the market is a lot less impressed with loud and flashy and expensive advertising. Today, the market wants change. "Established 1906" used to be important. Now, apparently, it's a liability. The rush from stability is a huge opportunity for you.

The Dip is the reason you're here. It's not enough to survive your way through this Dip. You get what you deserve when you embrace the Dip and treat it like the opportunity that it really is.

If there wasn't a Dip, there'd be no scarcity.

It's fine to experience regret when we abandon a sunk cost. It's a mistake to stick with one simply because we can't bear the regret.

el coste de equivocarse es inferior al coste de no hacer nada.

weren't smart enough or because they came from the wrong family. No, the reason that most of them didn't have a chance is that somewhere

You're not the only person who looks for the best choice. Everyone does. As a result, the rewards for being first are enormous. It's not a linear scale. It's not a matter of getting a little more after giving a little more. It's a curve, and a steep one.

Never quit something with great long-term potential just because you can't deal with the stress of the moment." Now that's good advice.

three steps: motivate, connect, and leverage.

The next time you're tempted to vilify a particularly obnoxious customer or agency or search engine, realize that this failed interaction is the best thing that's happened to you all day long. Without it, you'd be easily replaceable. The dip is your very best friend.

There's a difference between passively accepting every element of your environment (and thus missing opportunities to exploit) and being wise enough to leave the unchangeable alone, or at least work around it.

We can't change the culture, but each of us has the opportunity to change a culture—our little pocket of the world.

You don't have to die in the next year if you die this year.

The idea to go West just fell into my lap from the sky. Go west, young man. That's how the best ideas happen. Just out of nowhere. When you're not even thinking. Like they've been created for you and you just have to reach out and grab them before someone else does.

What is a thing worth, if it comes with no risk?

Brother Euddogwy did not know how to respond to that, for only the Angevins would see a rebellion as an opportunity for brotherly bonding.