Quotes About Progress

What problem do you face every day that nobody has solved yet?" or "What is a great company no one has started?" I will

Don't save it all for the end. There is every reason not to.

By working faithfully eight hours a day, you may eventually get to be a boss and work twelve hours a day. —ROBERT FROST, American poet and winner of four Pulitzer Prizes

Most people are fast to stop you before you get started but hesitant to get in the way if you're moving.

Tomorrow becomes never. No matter how small the task, take the first step now!

My maxim comes from Samuel Beckett, a personal hero of mine: 'Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.' You won't believe what you can accomplish by attempting the impossible with the courage to repeatedly fail better.

a person's success in life can usually be measured by the number of uncomfortable conversations he or she is willing to have.

What gets measured gets managed. —PETER DRUCKER, management theorist, author

If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid."—Epictetus

Mastery is a journey, not a destination. True masters never believe they have attained mastery. There is always more to be learned and greater skill to be developed.

There is just less competition for bigger goals.

Seeing progress in changing numbers makes the repetitive fascinating and creates a positive feedback loop. Once again, the act of measuring is often more important than what you measure. To quote the industrial statistician George Box: "Every model is wrong, but some are useful.

I eventually learned to cook by focusing on two principles. Both of them apply to all learning and will be your constant companions throughout this book: failure points and the margin of safety.

Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action. —BENJAMIN DISRAELI, former British Prime Minister

Have you outgrown your systems or beliefs? Is it time that you upgraded? Or, on a personal level, as Jerry Colonna, executive coach to some of the biggest tech stars in Silicon Valley, would ask: "How are you complicit in creating the conditions you say you don't want?

Dreamlining is so named because it applies timelines to what most would consider dreams.

What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do. As I have heard said, a person's success in life can usually be measured by the number of uncomfortable conversations he or she is willing to have. Resolve to do one thing every day that you fear. I got into this habit by attempting to contact celebrities and famous businesspeople for advice.

As Bruce Lee said, "Adapt what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own.

By working faithfully eight hours a day, you may eventually get to be a boss and work twelve hours a day. —ROBERT FROST,

What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do. As I have heard said, a person's success in life can usually be measured by the number of uncomfortable conversations he or she is willing to have. Resolve to do one thing every day that you fear. I

Many a false step was made by standing still." –Fortune cookie

Any useful statement about the future should at first seem ridiculous' by Jim Dator. Also, 'When it comes to the future, it's far more important to be imaginative than to be right' by Alvin Toffler. Both are famous futurists. These quotes remind me that world-changing ideas will seem absurd to most people, and that the most useful work I can be doing is to push the envelope of what is considered possible.

So I think, every day, it's something to reflect on and think about 'How do I become less competitive in order that I can become more successful?

don't label a lot of things good/bad. [Instead, I ask] can I evolve from this? What do I want now?