War and commerce are nothing but two different ways to achieve the same goal: to have what you want. (…) War is an impulse, trade is a calculation. But that is precisely why the time must come when trade will replace war.
Benjamin Constant (1767–1830), French writer and political essayist
Business is War and Peace, but not according to Leo Tolstoy; it is not an endless alternation of war and peace, but both peace and war. (…) You have to compete and cooperate at the same time.
Adam Brandenburger and Barry Nailbuff, American management specialists
The whole secret of business is to know something that no one else knows.
Aristotle Onassis (1906–1975), Greek shipowner
Business, more than any other occupation, deals daily with the future; it is a continuous calculation of probabilities, an instinctive exercise in foresight.
Henry Luce (1898–1967), American publisher
Business is a game greatest game in the world if you know how to play it.
Thomas Watson (1874–1956), founder of IBM
A business aimed at satisfying someone's needs usually turns out to be successful; a business aimed at making a profit is rarely successful.
Nicholas Butler (1862–1947), American philosopher
The pursuit of profit is the only way people can satisfy the needs of those they don't know at all.
Friedrich Hayek (1899–1992), Austrian economist
The pursuit of commerce evokes in people a keen desire for personal independence. Commerce satisfies their needs, fulfills their desires without the intervention of the authorities. Not only that: such interference is almost always (...) only a hindrance and a burden. Whenever the collective power wants to intervene in a private calculation, it only annoys the person. Whenever rulers try to do our business for us, they do it much worse and more wastefully than we do.
Benjamin Constant
The types of business are different, but the business as a system remains the same, regardless of its scale and structure, products, technologies and markets.
Peter Drucker (b. 1909), American management specialist
If you don't manage your business, your business will manage you.
B. Forbes, American publisher
My companion's companion is not my companion.
Digests of Justinian (6th century)
In business, you either get money or experience. Take the experience, and the money will come.
Harold Jenyn (1910–1997)
American manager
Money allows you to keep score of the game, but I did not start my business for this reason.
Betsy Tabak, American businesswoman
You can’t chase money - you need to go towards them.
Aristotle Onassis
Business is like a car - it only rolls down.
We make money the old fashioned way - we earn it.
The slogan of the American company "Smith Barney"
The smartest heads are not in government. If they were there, private business would poach them.
Ronald Reagan (b.1911), President of the United States
Success in business is not in itself a guarantee of success outside of business.
Peter Drucker
PATRIOTISM: willingness to sacrifice everything for the motherland, if it does not harm your business.
The cosmetics industry is the dirtiest business in the world.
Elizabeth Arden (1878–1966), cosmetics owner (USA)
Business is the art of predicting the future and taking advantage of it.
If you bet on a horse, it's gambling. If you bet on getting three of spades out of the deck, it's fun. If you bet on that. that the wool will go up three points, that's business. Do you understand the difference?
William Sherrod
Three people are needed for the success of any enterprise: a dreamer, a businessman, and a son of a bitch.
Peter MacArthur
Running your own business means working 80 hours a week, only to not work 40 hours a week for someone else.
Ramona Arnett
Noah was the first businessman in the world, and he founded his business when the rest of the world was in the process of liquidation.
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In fact, it takes as much intelligence to be successful in the grocery business as it is to be successful in literature.
Jules Renard
If you are successful in one business, you will be successful in any business.
Richard Brunson
Running your own business is like riding a bike: if you don’t move, you fall.
Money is like legs - they are taken away from those who do not use them.
Henry Ford
Your investment strategy depends on what is more important to you: eat well or sleep well.
John Canfield Morley
We wait for our dinner, hoping not for the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, but for their concern for our own interests. We appeal not to their humanism, but to their egoism.
Adam Smith
The owner's eyes do more work than his hands.
Benjamin Franklin
The employer's dream is to produce without workers, the workers' dream is to earn money without working.
Ernst Schumacher
The magic formula for business success: Treat customers like guests and employees like people.
Thomas J. Peters
Only the paranoid survive.
Andrew Grove explaining his success at Intel
In business, as in science, there is no room for love or hate.
Samuel Butler
There is such a lull in business that you can hear dividends flying by.
For a businessman, the most difficult thing is to prevent the government from taking care of him.
In ancient times, a pirate and a merchant were one person. Even today, commercial ethics is nothing more than an improved pirate ethic.
Friedrich Nietzsche
Honesty in business is the only way to regularly deceive the clientele.
Philippe Bouvard
The highest purpose of capital is not to make more money, but to make money do more to improve life.
Henry Ford
You cannot improve the position of the worker by worsening the position of the employer.
William Boatker
Business is built from the "roof".
Arkady Davidovich
It is better to buy a good company at a fair price than an honest company at a good price.
Warren Buffett
If you have created a big enough business, it will be respectable enough.
Will Rogers
Business is the art of extracting money from another person's pocket without resorting to violence.
M. Amsterdam
A businessman is a person who turns the mistakes and even the stupidity of partners into personal capital.
V. Zubkov
Every businessman strives to create an image of honesty. The paradox is that an honest businessman cannot exist in nature by nature.
V. Zubkov
"The whole world belongs to you!" - I shouted to one young man. “What’s the use? he replied. "You can't sell him."
E. Lets
The abilities and rules of the game of a modern business person: first lie, then praise honesty; first to steal, then to sacrifice mercifully; first rob, then talk about reconciliation; first kill, then solemnly curse the war; first to do the wrong thing, then hide behind the law; first defile, and then never remember it.
W. Schwöbel
In market conditions, entrepreneurs are trying not so much to solve as to create everyday problems for the population so that they can profit from their elimination.
V. Zubkov
Commerce? It's very simple. It's other people's money.
Alexandre Dumas son
Business is a combination of war and sport.
André Maurois
Business is often something like killing your favorite kids so your other kids can succeed.
John Harvey Jones
Don't say: we started from scratch; Everything can end at zero.
Tadeusz Gietzger
In business, no chance is lost: if you ruin it, your competitor will find it.
Capital is the portion of wealth that we donate to increase our wealth.
Alfred Marshall
Fraud: A good deal collided with bad law.
Alfred Capu
A "gentlemen's agreement" is a deal whose terms both partners have not bothered to put down on paper.
An oral contract is not worth the paper on which it is written.
Samuel Goldwyn
Whoever buys the excess ends up selling what is needed.
Benjamin Franklin
Never smile at photojournalists. As soon as your firm takes a loss, you will see your smile on the financial strip.
Alan Sugar
The first rule of business is to treat others as they would like to treat you.
Charles Dickens
If you learn - then only from the best! Listen to the advice of only those people who live the way you would like. These 16 sayings will help you with this.
“There are two types of profit in the business world: cash and experience, gain experience first and cash will come later.”
“Waste of resources is a mortal sin.”
Ingvar Kamprad, founder of IKEA.
“The one who does not do what he is told, and the one who does no more than what he is told, will never break through to the top.”
Andrew Carnegie, American businessman, major steelmaker, philanthropist, multimillionaire.
“I don't pay good wages because I have a lot of money; I have a lot of money because I pay good wages.”
Robert Bosch, German industrialist, engineer and inventor.
“If you want to succeed, your heart must be in your business, and your business must be in your heart.”
Thomas J. Watson, former president of IBM.
“You have to go out of your way to do the best you can. Fix whatever is wrong with what you are working on.”
Elon Musk, founder, owner, CEO and Chief Engineer SpaceX; chief designer (Chief Product Architect), CEO and chairman of the board of directors of Tesla Motors.
“It doesn't make sense to hire smart people and then tell them what to do. We hire smart people to tell us what to do.”
Steve Jobs, founder and CEO of Apple Corporation.
“Responsibility exists so that people can make reasonable exceptions to generally accepted rules.”
Elthing E. Morison, historian.
“There is nothing more criminal for financial well-being than coming up with a great idea and not bothering to implement it.”
Donald Trump, American businessman, billionaire, major real estate owner, media mogul.
“A good decision is the result of experience. And experience is the result of bad decisions.”
Walter Wriston, American financial manager, head of Citicorp.
“These are the immutable laws of business: words are words, explanations are explanations, promises are promises, and only execution is reality.”
Harold Genin, former leader IT Corporation.
“Everything can be done better than it has been done so far.”
Henry Ford, legendary American industrialist, founder of Ford.
“If I have a thousand ideas and only one of them turns out to be fruitful, I am satisfied.”
Alfred Nobel, Swedish chemist, engineer, industrialist.
“If you think you can, you can. But if you think you can't, then you can't."
Mary Kay Ash, founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics, is one of the most successful business women of the 20th century.
“The key to business success is innovation, which in turn is born from creativity.”
James Goodnight, American researcher, entrepreneur, founder and CEO of SAS.
“Your most unsuccessful clients are your richest source of knowledge.”
Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft Corporation.
If you want to do business, develop and become rich, it is best to learn from those who have reached certain heights in this area. Quotes about business and the success of great people lift the veil of secrecy on a special way of thinking that goes beyond the stereotypical.
"Golden" percentage
In the UK, Oxford is home to the international confederation Oxfam, which includes 17 public organizations operating in 94 countries. The direction of their activity is the search for ways to solve and injustice.
According to Oxfam data, published in early 2016 under the heading "Economy for the One Percent", 1% has the capital equivalent to the total capital of 99% of the rest of the planet's inhabitants. To carry out statistical calculations, the indicators of 2015 taken from the report of Credit Suisse Group, a Swiss financial conglomerate, were used.
Great people
In fact, it is much more interesting how people become so successful and rich and how you can learn this. Since thinking is primary in relation to the actions taken, then perhaps it contains the key to understanding. There is no way to meet such people in person and ask them a lot of questions. But it is still possible to walk along the tangent of their worldview ...
John Davison Rockefeller, Henry Ford, Bill Gates and Warren Buffett are the undisputed authorities in the field of making big fortunes. Some features of their views on doing business, and on life in general, thanks to the means mass media available to the general public today. The statements of financial magnates are parsed into quotes about business, leadership, success, achievements, the value of time and self-confidence.
John Davison Rockefeller
John Davison Rockefeller (07/08/1839 - 05/23/1937) - the world's first dollar billionaire. He founded the Standard Oil Company, the University of Chicago and according to Forbes, in 2007 terms, his fortune was estimated at $318 billion. famous quotes about the business of Rockefeller John Davis:
- Don't be afraid of big expenses, be afraid of small incomes.
- A person who works all day has no time to earn money.
- A person who succeeds in life must sometimes go against the current.
- I would rather earn income from 1% of the efforts of a hundred people than from 100% of my own.
- I have always tried to turn every adversity into an opportunity.
- The clarity and specificity of the goal is one of the main components of success, regardless of what exactly a person is striving for.
- There is no other quality so essential for success in any field of activity as perseverance.
- Every right implies a responsibility, every opportunity an obligation, every possession a duty.
- First earn a reputation, then it will work for you.
- The growth of business activity is the survival of the fittest.
- The main task of capital is not to bring more money, but to increase money for the sake of improving life.
- I got the impression that I was successful and profiting from everything, because the Lord saw that I was going to turn around and give it my all.
Henry Ford
Henry Ford (July 30, 1863 – April 7, 1947) was the founder of the Ford Motor Company. According to Forbes, in terms of the exchange rate of 2012, his fortune was estimated at $188.1 billion. about Henry Ford's business:
- Exploring many different roads to wealth, trying and making mistakes, people do not notice the shortest and easiest way - through work.
- More often than not, people give up on their own rather than fail.
- Whether you think you're capable of something or you think you're not, either way you'll be right.
- For the older generation, the most popular advice is saving. But don't save money. Treasure yourself better: love yourself, invest in yourself. It will help you get rich in the future.
- Thinking is the hardest job. Perhaps that is why so few do it.
- When it seems like the whole world is against you, remember that planes take off against the wind.
- Enthusiasm is the basis of any progress. With it, you can do anything.
- Successful people get ahead by using the time that others are wasting.
- Quality is doing something well even when no one is watching.
- You can't build a reputation with intentions alone.
- Along with the belief that we have provided for ourselves for the rest of our lives, the danger creeps up on us imperceptibly that, at the next turn of the wheel, we will be thrown off.
Bill Gates
Bill Gates (October 28, 1955) is one of the founders of Microsoft. According to the Forbes magazine, he takes 1st place in the list of the richest people in the world at the time of 2017. His fortune is 86 billion dollars. Popular business quotes from Bill Gates:
- Between the "fifth point" and the sofa, the dollar will not fly.
- Do not confuse reality and what is shown on the TV screen. In life, most of the time people spend in their workplaces, and not in coffee shops.
- If you are not satisfied with something in your work - create your own business. I started my business in a garage. You should spend time only on what you are really interested in.
- When it comes to your mind good idea, act immediately.
- Do not rush to blame your parents for every failure. Do not whine, do not rush about with your misfortunes, but learn from them.
- Celebrating success is great, but more important is the ability to learn from your failures.
- Stop acting like you have 500 years left to live.
Warren Buffett
Warren Buffett (08/30/1930) is the head of the holding company Berkshire Hathaway. According to the Forbes magazine, he takes 2nd place in the list of the richest people in the world at the time of 2017. His fortune is 75.6 billion dollars. Witty quotes about Warren Buffett's success:
- It takes 20 years to build a reputation, and 5 minutes to destroy it. You will see things differently if you think about it.
- Even if you are incredibly talented and put in incredible effort, it just takes more time to achieve some results: you will not have a baby in a month, even if you get nine women pregnant.
- Knowing what not to focus on is just as important as knowing what to focus on.
- If your boat is constantly leaking, instead of patching holes, it is wiser to direct efforts to find a new unit.
- Postpone the search better job sitting on the one that destroys you is the same as postponing sex until retirement.
- If you are all so smart, then why am I so rich?
- The most - those who are doing their favorite thing.
- Do business with people you like and share your goals.
- The chance is extremely rare, but you should always be ready for it. When gold pours from the sky, you should have a bucket in your hands, not a thimble.
The presented statements reflect some facets of the worldview and self-awareness of the richest people in the world. Quotes about success and business of these authors can be considered as advice from "those who know a lot about prosperity", containing the quintessence of wisdom, knowledge and practical experience. They can also serve as a good basis for starting the formation of a new "rich" thinking, changing the habitual way of action and improving the quality of life.
Donald John Trump(Eng. Donald John Trump; b. June 14, 1946, Queens, New York, USA) - American businessman, billionaire, famous person on television and radio, writer. He is the president of the Trump Organization, a large construction company, and the founder of Trump Entertainment Resorts, which operates numerous casinos and hotels around the world. Trump became a global celebrity thanks to his extravagant lifestyle and frank communication style (he doesn’t hesitate to send an opponent in plain text, if anything), as well as his successful reality show “The Candidate” (from where the well-known and already catchphrase came from: “You are fired! ”), where he acts as both an executive producer and host. Married three times.
Quotes:
1. If your friends have the same self-confidence as you, this eliminates the emergence of envy or jealousy for your success.
2. The second most important event in the life of every man is the day he buys a yacht, and the greatest event in his life is the day he sells it.
3. I believe that the inability to give an adequate tip is a sure sign of a loser.
4. Do not burden your children with undeserved wealth: this can "paralyze" them, discourage them from working hard and achieving their own success in life.
5. Always try to understand the reason for your anger: sometimes it is quite justified and even necessary for the cause, but sometimes it serves only as an indicator of your misunderstanding of the situation.
6. Be humble, disarming, downplay your strengths and accomplishments. Save your cruelty and your ability to be formidable for those times when it is really necessary.
7. In business, it is better to be brash, even brash, than tough and intractable.
8. I never wanted anyone who didn't want to work for my company to work for me; you should do the same: don't stay where you don't like it.
9. Never take a vacation. Why do you need him? If the work is not enjoyable, then you are working in the wrong place. And I, even playing golf, continue to do business.
10. The biggest success comes when you swim against the current.
11. Bad times often bring great opportunities.
12. A player is someone who spends days and nights in front of slot machines. I prefer to own them.
13. As a rule, the simplest approach is the most effective.
14. There is nothing more criminal for financial well-being than coming up with a great idea and not bothering to implement it.
15. Always remember one simple rule: dress for the job you want to have, not the one you have.
16. I am sure that you need to spend as much as you see fit. But I also believe that you should not spend more than you can.
17. When buying any product or service, do not hesitate to bargain, seeking more favorable conditions for yourself. I consider pride that prevents you from saving your own money as a huge stupidity.
18. The only way to get rich is realism and the utmost honesty. You need to part with the world of illusions, which exists only on the pages of magazines and on TV screens. It's not as easy as you are led to believe. Life is tough and people get hurt very badly. Therefore, if you want to win, you need to be strong as a flint and ready to work with your elbows and fists.
19. We only seem civilized to ourselves. In fact, the world is cruel, and people are ruthless. They may smile at you, but behind the smiles there is a desire to kill you. Predators in the jungle kill for food - and only humans kill for fun. Even friends are happy to backstab: they want your job, your house, your money, your wife - and your dog, after all. The enemies are even worse! You must be able to defend yourself. My motto is "Hire the best - and don't trust them for anything."
20. Any "good times" are always the result of your hard work and constant dedication in the past. What you do today is the key to tomorrow's results. If you want to reap the benefits tomorrow, sow seeds every day! If you weaken your concentration even for a minute, you will inevitably begin to roll back.
21. Show me a person with no ego and I will show you a loser.
22. No matter how smart you are, no matter how comprehensive your education and vast experience, it is impossible to be so wise as to make a business successful on your own. Watch, listen and learn. You cannot know everything. Anyone who thinks so is doomed to be mediocre.
23. Finance and business are dangerous waters in which voracious sharks go in circles in search of prey. In this game, knowledge is the key to strength and power. Spend money knowing what you are doing. Otherwise, someone will very quickly “beat” you. Financial illiteracy is a huge problem. People get into dangerous situations all the time just because they haven't been properly prepared.
24. To succeed, you need to separate yourself from 98 percent of the world's population. You can certainly be in that select two percent. Intelligence, hard work, or carefully thought-out investments have nothing to do with it. There is a recipe, a formula for success, that the top 2 percent live by and that you too can follow in order to succeed.
25. I am richer than my father was, but I did not start from scratch - at the start I had a very good foundation. In addition, my father has always been a great example of an entrepreneur for me, and I grew up next to him not only as his son, but also as a businessman. However, our family members have never competed with each other and I don't think they ever will.
26. Despite the fact that I am a businessman, as they say, to the marrow of my bones and I often have to be in public, I am a home person. I love coming home and being with my family. Most of my friends don't believe this. Everyone thinks that I am a "shark", and I try to maintain this image. Actually I'm soft, sensual and a kind person. But this private information. If my opponents find out about my weaknesses, it will go to my disadvantage.
27. You dictate to people how they should think of you. Your attitude towards yourself is obvious to everyone. Behave in such a way that everyone understands that you are worth a lot. Then people will see you that way.
28. Turn your big thoughts into big actions as quickly as possible. Don't let false excuses slow you down. Excuses are symptoms of fear.
29. Being confident is easy, being strong is easy. Until everything goes right. But when life cracks, it's harder to believe in yourself. And what we think under the onslaught of failure is the whole truth about our self-confidence.
30. It depends on our thoughts whether we stay afloat or get bogged down in a quagmire of despondency. Holding on and not breaking loose is not always possible. That is life. And everyone can fall, but why wallow there?
31. I used to say: "Find the best and trust them." Over the years, I have seen so many tricks and shenanigans that now I say: "Find the best, but do not trust them." Do not trust them, if only because if you are not too well versed in what is happening, they will rip you to the last thread.
32. Don't let anger get the better of you. Many people think that I am an angry, angry type. But this is not true. I am hard, I am demanding - but I never lose my temper. Yes, one must be firm, but uncontrolled anger is not firmness, it is weakness. It takes you away from the goal and destroys your concentration.
33. In order to arouse people's interest in yourself, you need to show interest yourself. Keep this simple rule in mind and you will be able to carry on any conversation with ease.
34. When managing your property, you must remember that you have two responsibilities: 1. Not to burden your children with undeserved wealth, which can “paralyze” them, discourage them from working hard and achieving their own success in life. 2. Leave part of the funds to the society in the form of charitable donations.
35. It is best to start fundraising to pay for your children's education the day they are born, or even earlier. A good education costs a lot of money, and it is extremely important to ensure that your offspring have a good start in life.
36. Never go into debt for your current expenses; debt funds should be used only to finance business projects that will bring you profit.
37. In essence, getting rich is hard work, and if the idea that has visited you seems impossible at first glance, think again before giving it up: is it really crazy? After all, you don’t want someone to get ahead of you and steal the prize that was intended for you from under your nose!
38. Pay more attention to small amounts in your finances - cents, percentages. Gradually accumulating, these little things have a huge impact on your budget. My parents instilled in me thrift from an early age, I believe that this is the most important quality for someone who is involved in financial management.
39. Learn the great art of forgetting. Move on and don't think for a second about all the bad things that happened to you.
40. If you are hurt and hit, cling to the villain's throat. First, it's nice. Second, others see it. I like to do it.
41. If you have any doubts, just believe in yourself and believe that you will definitely win. Nobody else will do this for you. Do not cling to someone else's assurances and do not seek encouragement from others if you feel that the task is not up to you. Develop self-confidence.
42. Problems, failures, mistakes, losses are all part of life. Take it for granted. Don't let yourself fall into prostration. Be ready. And the more prepared you are, the less likely these problems are to knock you out of the saddle.
43. Difficulties happen to everyone. That's life. And in catastrophic situations, you show who you really are. Become someone who knows how to solve complex problems - and you will become someone who people will willingly pay big money.
44. Failure can either destroy you or make you stronger. I believe in the old adage: "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger." I have the greatest respect for people who failed, but found the strength to get back into the game.
45. If a person realized that he made a mistake and apologized, accept his apology and forgive him, but do not trust him anymore.
46. If you fail, no one will come to your aid - neither friends nor the state. The only protection and defense is yourself, and your attitude to what is happening is the key to getting out of trouble.
47. The main condition for success is to love what you do. To succeed, you need to spend a lot of time and overcome giant obstacles. If you don't love what you do, you will never make it. But if you love your work, then the difficulties will be balanced by the joy that this work gives you.
48. Rich people are rich because they solve difficult problems. You must learn to feed your energy with problems. The CEOs of large companies are paid gigantic salaries because they solve problems that no one but them can solve.
49. If you want to be in the top 2 percent, you have to learn how to find creative solutions to seemingly intractable problems.
50. If you cannot even dream of great things, then you will never do anything significant in life. And don't worry about whether you can make them a reality. It doesn't matter. Dreaming is not worth the money. So if you really dream - then about the great.
51. Do not be content with little. Always strive for the top. Every great athlete and every accomplished billionaire aspires to gold, not bronze.
52. If you want to succeed in life, you must be able to withstand pressure. Whether you're selling real estate, starting your own business, climbing the rungs of the corporate ladder, you'll have to live under constant pressure.
53. For business, every dollar and even every 10 cents is important. Would you call it pettiness? To health. And I - with two hands for her. I will always find time to compare the prices of different suppliers, regardless of whether I intend to buy a car or a toothbrush.
54. Always carefully study the securities you buy. Never be tempted to buy "hit" stocks, that is, the most popular in this moment in the stock market. Funds invested in this way usually end up wasted.
55. To achieve your goals, you need patience and enthusiasm. Think big - but be realistic. To achieve some of my goals, I waited for thirty whole years. Look at media mogul Rupert Murdoch: how many years he waited for the opportunity to buy The Wall Street Journal. All his life he wanted to buy this edition - and he knew that sooner or later he would buy it. Rupert is a true genius.
56. Obstacles constantly arise - you can be sure of that. But see them as a challenge, not as a barrier. Then you will find the strength to overcome them. The most important thing is to be tenacious. And never give up. Keep moving forward, keep your eyes on the goal, and don't let failures or setbacks stop you.
57. I never wanted anyone who didn't want to work for my company to work for me; you should do the same: don't stay where you don't like it. Life is too short and work is too important to waste energy on an occupation that brings neither pleasure nor benefit.
58. The worst thing you can do with your money is to leave it dead weight in your savings account. This is a net loss. Your money should always work. They should be treated the same as your own staff - you don't want the people you pay your salary to sit idly by, so don't leave money idle. Even in the most unfavorable economic situation, it is unforgivable to put them in a stocking.
59. I am a very cautious person, but this does not mean that I am a pessimist. Call it positive thinking with an eye to reality.
60. To succeed, you need to separate yourself from 98 percent of the world's population. You can certainly be in that select two percent. Intelligence, hard work, or carefully thought-out investments have nothing to do with it. There is a recipe, a formula for success, that the top 2 percent live by and that you too can follow in order to succeed.
61. Finance and business are dangerous waters in which voracious sharks circle in search of prey. In this game, knowledge is the key to strength and power. Spend money knowing what you are doing. Otherwise, someone will very quickly “beat” you.
62. Look in the mirror more often: you should be proud of what is reflected in it. If you look messy, so will your business.
63. The worst thing a businessman doing a deal can do is let the partners feel how much he wants it.
64. Always remember one simple rule: dress for the job you want to have, not the job you have.
65. No matter how smart you are, no matter how comprehensive your education and vast experience, it is impossible to be so wise as to make a business successful on your own. Watch, listen and learn. You cannot know everything. Anyone who thinks so is doomed to be mediocre.
66. As a general rule, the simplest approach is the most effective.
67. Always remember one simple rule: dress for the job you want to have, not the job you have.
68. To succeed, you need to separate yourself from 98 percent of the world's population. You can certainly be in that select two percent. Intelligence, hard work, or carefully thought-out investments have nothing to do with it. There is a recipe, a formula for success, that the top 2 percent live by and that you too can follow in order to succeed.
69. We only seem civilized to ourselves. In fact, the world is cruel, and people are ruthless. They may smile at you, but behind the smiles there is a desire to kill you. Predators in the jungle kill for food - and only humans kill for fun. Even friends are happy to backstab: they want your job, your house, your money, your wife - and your dog, after all. The enemies are even worse! You must be able to defend yourself.
70. A good investor is like a diligent student. Every day I spend hours reading the financial press.
71. I go to bed at one in the morning, and at five in the morning I wake up and start reading fresh newspapers. I don't need longer rest periods and this gives me a competitive advantage.
72. When buying any product or service, do not hesitate to bargain, seeking more favorable conditions for yourself. I consider pride that prevents you from saving your own money as a huge stupidity.
73. Always try to understand the reason for your anger: sometimes it is quite justified and even necessary for the cause, but sometimes it serves only as an indicator of your misunderstanding of the situation.
74. For me, wealth is a tool to achieve clearly defined goals.
75. Any "good times" are always the result of your hard work and constant dedication in the past. What you do today is the key to tomorrow's results. If you want to reap the benefits tomorrow, sow seeds every day! If you weaken your concentration even for a minute, you will inevitably begin to roll back.
76. Real billionaires never try to rush time, because life is a very good thing, but, unfortunately, very short.
77. Never take a vacation. Why do you need him? If the work is not enjoyable, then you are working in the wrong place. And I, even playing golf, continue to do business.
78. When buying any product or service, do not hesitate to bargain for better terms. I consider pride that prevents you from saving your own money as a huge stupidity.
79. Russians are very similar to us Americans. The only difference between us is that we live in states with different social systems. I know many people from Russia living in New York and other American cities. We are the same.
Good day, dear readers of my blog! Today I will give you not just quotes about business and success, but expressions of people who have achieved global success. They will share their experiences and talk about what inspired, supported and helped them to stick to the goal. These are great people who belong to modern society, which means that what they say or do is relevant and can motivate each of us to achieve.
Top 20 quotes
- In baseball, as in business, there are three types of people: those who make things happen, those who watch things happen, and those who are surprised it's happening at all. Tommy LaSorda (one of the best baseball coaches).
- If you are not ready to change and get out of your comfort zone, do not try to run your own business. Ruben Vardanyan (Advisor to the President of Sberbank).
- Finance and business are dangerous waters where voracious sharks roam in circles looking for prey. In this game, knowledge is the key to strength and power. Spend money on knowing what you are doing, otherwise someone will "do" you very quickly. Financial illiteracy is a huge problem. People get into dangerous situations all the time just because they haven't been properly prepared. Donald Trump (45th President of the United States).
- I am convinced that half of what separates successful entrepreneurs from failures is perseverance. Steve Jobs
- If faith in success and devotion to the idea are unshakable, they cannot be resisted. Pavel Durov (founder of Vkontakte).
- Don't be afraid to make mistakes, don't be afraid to experiment, don't be afraid to work hard. Perhaps you will not succeed, perhaps the circumstances will be stronger than you, but then, if you do not try, you will be bitter and hurt that you did not try. Eugene Kaspersky (Head of ZAO Kaspersky Lab).
- If you have not defined your purpose in life, then you will work for someone who has it. Robert Anthony (Professor in Management Psychology).
- The most important thing in business is to focus on creating something important. I just worked on what I would like to use myself. Mark Zuckerberg (founder of Facebook).
- As a rule, sustainable success is achieved not due to a desperate (“hang yourself with shoelaces”) one-time (“now or never!”) jerk or feat, but as a result of everyday decision-making and their implementation. Stephen Covey (American businessman, wrote one of the most influential books on business).
- The five main talents for success are focus, caution, organization, innovation, and communication. Harold Jenin (President of ITT Corporation).
- The only thing that kept me from failing was that I loved my job—it was that feeling that drove me. Steve Jobs (Founder of Apple Corporation).
- Never falling down is not the greatest merit in life. The main thing is to get up every time. Nelson Mandela (8th President of South Africa).
- I want this. So it will be. Henry Ford (Inventor, owner of car factories).
- The lesson I learned and followed all my life was to try and try and try again - but never give up! Richard Branson (Founder of the Virgin Group).
- The longer you go to success, the closer it gets. Too many give up a step before victory. Remember: this step will be done by others. Napoleon Hill (American author, creator of the self-help genre).
- Success is nothing more than a few simple rules followed daily, and failure is just a few mistakes repeated daily. Together they make up what leads us to either success or failure! Jim Rohn (American speaker, business coach).
- If you are doing something and you are good at it, you should do something else, even better. Do not dwell on one thing for too long, just calculate what will happen next. Seth Godin (American speaker, author and entrepreneur).
- Most people are deprived of financial success because the fear of losing money is much greater than the joy of wealth. Robert Kiyosaki (American businessman, investor, author of self-development books).
- Build success out of failure. Obstacles and failures are the two surest steps to success. Dale Carnegie (American educator, speaker, writer).
- I can't give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure: try to please everyone. Gerard Swope (President of General Electric Co.).
Re-read these motivating quotes sometimes, they were formed thanks to the experience of people who have achieved worldwide success, were able to realize their potential, and, accordingly, will help you achieve your goals. I also recommend reading an article about people who have achieved success with their work, for inspiration. That's all for today, dear readers, subscribe to my blog to keep abreast of new interesting information!
