Quotes About Opportunity

By the same token, as a remote worker, you shouldn't let employers get away with paying you less just because you live in a cheaper city. "Equal pay for equal work" might be a dusty slogan, but it works for a reason. If with regard to compensation you accept being treated as a second-class worker based on location, you're opening the door to being treated poorly on other matters as well.

Las empresas de software no se suelen plantear escribir libros. Los grupos de música no se suelen plantear filmar el proceso de grabación de canciones. Los fabricantes de coches no se suelen plantear vender carbón. Seguro que hay algo que tú podrías vender y que aún no te has planteado.

You rarely regret saying no. But you often wind up regretting saying yes.

Today anyone can be in business.

Anyone who creates a new business is a starter. You don't need an MBA, a certificate, a fancy suit, a briefcase, or an above-average tolerance for risk. You just need an idea, a touch of confidence, and a push to get started.

The problem comes when you postpone decisions in the hope that a perfect answer will come to you later. It won't. You're as likely to make a great call today as you are tomorrow.

The best are everywhere

If you constantly fret about timing things perfectly, they'll never happen.

The right time to hire is when there's more work than you can handle for a sustained period of time.

The new luxury is the luxury of freedom and time. Once

Great companies start in garages all the time. Yours can too.

The world has never been smaller and markets have never been more open. Don't be a cultural or geographical hermit.

Make them see dollar signs where you see greater freedom, more

Remote work is not without cost or compromise. In

A small business with a handful of employees might be able to handle two or three concurrent small bets, while a large company with thousands of employees should probably be considering hundreds of potential small bets and implementing scores of them.

Make as many small bets as you have people responsible for making them happen and sufficient financial resources to maximize the odds of success. If there aren't enough resources to give the small bet a chance, you'll never know if it might have worked out or been a possible home run.

KISS A LOT OF FROGS "The successful don't start with brilliant ideas … they discover them!" —Peter Sims, best-selling author and venture capitalist

Today, every business, including yours, is being observed and studied by others who want your revenues. The world operates with such speed that as soon as potential competitors sniff out the fact that another business is doing well and they believe there's a buck to be made they'll be all over it like a cheap suit

The only guarantee in business is if you do nothing, nothing will happen. Also, as the school of hard knocks teaches, most good strategy is made by doing.

The refrain we constantly heard from the entrepreneurs and leaders during our research was to never bet the ranch but to make lots of small bets, learn from them, and then scale.

The self-assured Mr. White had made a single big bet and kissed one frog expecting it to turn into a prince, but had forgotten the rule of frogs and princes. You need to kiss a lot of frogs to find a prince!

When I was a little kid I used to play with guys twice my age, so, I was the last one picked, so if I picked I knew that I had to get the ball to the scorer if I wanted to stay on the court, so that was pretty much my job.

The sobering fact is that, even with all this activity, probably 24-27% of the world's population have not had the good news presented to them in a way they could appreciate and meaningfully respond to.

It was cool to do someone else's movie. It was a lot of fun.