Quotes About Opportunity

I knew what was waiting out there for me," he said. "Terrifying things. There were German patrol boats, mine fields, and nearly a thousand miles of stormy seas." "So why did you do it?" "Because also waiting for me was the most terrifying and wonderful thing of all. The future.

For some it is the end of the rope. For others it is only the beginning.

Money never sleeps, pal

So when you ask, "Is this business an Opportunity Worth Pursuing?" the only way to tell is to determine how many selling opportunities you have (your customers' demographics) and how successfully you can satisfy the emotional or perceived needs lurking there (your customers' psychographics).

It's time for me to challenge my imagination and to begin the process of shaping an entirely new life. And the best way to do that anywhere in this whole wide opportunity-filled world is to create an exciting new business.

Because, the moment you chose to start a small business, Sarah, you unwittingly chose to play a significantly larger game than any game you had ever played before.

There is no such thing as undesirable work," he continued. "There are only people who see certain kinds of work as undesirable. People who use every excuse in the world to justify why they have to do work they hate to do. People who look upon their work as a punishment for who they are and where they stand in the world, rather than as an opportunity to see themselves as they really are.

The difference between a warrior and an ordinary man is that a warrior sees everything as a challenge, while an ordinary man sees everything as either a blessing or a curse.

The purpose of going into business is to get free of a job so you can create jobs for other people.

The third says that the business is a place where everything we know how to do is tested by what we don't know how to do, and that the conflict between the two is what creates growth, what creates meaning.

offer at the price at which he offers it. To The Entrepreneur, however, the customer is always an opportunity. Because The Entrepreneur knows that within the customer is a continuing parade of changing wants begging to be satisfied. All The Entrepreneur has to do is find out what those wants are and what they will be in the future.

As a result, the world is a continuing surprise, a treasure hunt to The Entrepreneur.

To The Entrepreneur, however, the customer is always an opportunity. Because The Entrepreneur knows that within the customer is a continuing parade of changing wants begging to be satisfied. All The Entrepreneur has to do is find out what those wants are and what they will be in the future. As a result, the world is a continuing surprise, a treasure hunt to The Entrepreneur.

The purpose of going into business is to get free of a job so you can create jobs for other people. "The purpose of going into business is to expand beyond your existing horizons.

An Opportunity Worth Pursuing is a business that can fulfill the financial standards you've created for your Primary Aim and your Strategic Objective.

If a firm can spot an industry in which the fragmented structure does not reflect the underlying economics of competition, this can provide a most significant strategic opportunity. A company can enter such an industry cheaply because of its initial structure. Since there are no underlying economic causes of fragmentation, none of the investment costs or risks of innovations to change underlying economic structure need be borne.

At certain junctures in the course of existence, unique moments occur when everyone and everything, even the most distant stars, combine to bring about something that could not have happened before and will never happen again. Few people know how to take advantage of these critical moments, unfortunately, and they often pass unnoticed. When someone does recognize them, however, great things happen in the world.

If you do, you'll be running an incalculable risk. It will be up to you whether the world begins to live again or stands still forever and a day. Are you really prepared to take that risk?

Existen momentos especiales, en los que sucede que todas las cosas y seres, hasta la mas altas estrellas, se ponen de acuerdo de una manera singular, de modo que puede suceder algo que de ningún modo habría podido ocurrir ni antes ni despues. Desgraciadamente, los seres humanos en general no saben aprovecharlas, y por eso las horas estelares pasan desapercibidas muy a menudo. Pero si hay alguien que las reconoce, entonces suceden grandes cosas en el mundo.

The point to stress is that we believe people will work 15 to 20 more highly productive years as the Great Age Reboot kicks in.

You've got ten fingers,' said Morris. 'Why not stick them in ten pies?

America is so rich and fat, because it has eaten the tragedy of millions of immigrants.

Because we remain a land of hope and opportunity, and new Canadians see in our unfinished destiny an image of their own unfinished destines.

It may seem hard to believe, but it's catastrophe that offers the most promise for an even richer life. This is the gateway to the good stuff. In other words, you never truly know which way the wind is blowing until the shit hits the fan.