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Talk to people. Find out their underlying assumptions, how they think, and what they believe. Do this enough, and you’ll be able to offer the best insight toward what direction your product should go.
Raad Ahmed
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Secrets Of Young Entrepreneurs
Before anything else, I ask why, how, or what. Read between the lines: A customer or employee might make a simple statement, but what is behind that statement? I experiment and ask, "What would happen if..." If it doesn't work, have the resilience to bounce back, ask more questions and try again.
Alisha Navarro
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Secrets Of Young Entrepreneurs
Trying again is key; I probably fail more than I succeed, but I learn from what didn't work and tweak it
Alisha Navarro
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Secrets Of Young Entrepreneurs
The entrepreneurs who make it are the ones who are able to adapt to the most unexpected, difficult and seemingly impossible changes that occur every day.
Beth Doane
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Secrets Of Young Entrepreneurs
If you know how to shift in an instant and adjust your services, your thinking, and your team to keep up with technology, the market and more, you will always succeed.
Beth Doane
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Secrets Of Young Entrepreneurs
Knowing how to keep going when we are in an unpredictable world, and working with other humans who can change in an instant based on the circumstances in their lives is the best skill to have.
Beth Doane
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Secrets Of Young Entrepreneurs
Knowing yourself. The more time I've spent getting away from work to learn and grow, to be silent in meditation, or to have fun, the clearer the pathways have been for me to hear when my gut says yes or no to something.
Darrah Brustein
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Secrets Of Young Entrepreneurs
At the end of the day, it’s about moving forward, making mistakes and correcting them quickly. The fear and inaction is what prohibits speedy progress and iterations that get you closer to your goals.
Baruch Labunski
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Secrets Of Young Entrepreneurs
If you’re in this fearful and anxious state, you’ll almost always be able to come up with a reason to not do the thing you might need to do the most.
Baruch Labunski
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Secrets Of Young Entrepreneurs
No matter how much you feel that you may know about leadership, business or anything else, the world is always changing, and there's always new research and ideas. To stay ahead, you have to constantly feed your mind.
Adelaida Diaz-Roa
5
Secrets Of Young Entrepreneurs
To stay ahead, you have to constantly feed your mind. Reach out to mentors, ask for help, read books, listen to podcasts and always be ready to put the things you learn into action, even if it goes against something you thought you were doing right. Stay hungry and keep learning!
Adelaida Diaz-Roa
5
Secrets Of Young Entrepreneurs
To have a clear head and maintain an even temper, I do 90-minute endurance runs two to three times per week. It's the best way that I blow off steam and keep stress at a manageable level.
Kristin Marquet
5
Secrets Of Young Entrepreneurs
My "secret weapon" is being the customer of my own businesses. This helps us stay ahead.
Syed Balkhi
5
Secrets Of Young Entrepreneurs
Not enough people realize the importance of treating your staff as invaluable.Treat your employees like they make you everything you are, because in reality, they do. An organization is judged by its weakest individuals, not its strongest. Respect and love your team.
Ali Mahvan
5
Secrets Of Young Entrepreneurs
Challenge yourself. Richard Branson says his biggest motivation is to keep challenging himself. He treats life like one long university education, where he can learn more every day. You can too!
Sujan Patel
4
Secrets Of Young Entrepreneurs
Do work you care about. There’s no doubt that running a business take a lot of time. Steve Jobs noted that the only way to be satisfied in your life is to do work that you truly believe in.
Sujan Patel
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Secrets Of Young Entrepreneurs
Take the risk. We never know the outcome of our efforts unless we actually do it. Jeff Bezos said it helped to know that he wouldn’t regret failure, but he would regret not trying.
Sujan Patel
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Secrets Of Young Entrepreneurs
Whether you think you can, or think you can’t, you’re right.
Henry Ford
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Secrets Of Young Entrepreneurs
Believe in yourself. Believe that you can succeed, and you’ll find ways through different obstacles. If you don’t, you’ll just find excuses.
Sujan Patel
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Secrets Of Young Entrepreneurs
Have a vision. The founder and CEO of Tumblr, David Karp, notes that an entrepreneur is someone who has a vision for something and a desire to create it. Keep your vision clear at all times.
Sujan Patel
2
Secrets Of Young Entrepreneurs
Find good people. Who you’re with is who you become. Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn, noted that the fastest way to change yourself is to hang out with people who are already the way you want to be.
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Secrets Of Young Entrepreneurs
Face your fears. Overcoming fear isn’t easy, but it must be done. Arianna Huffington once said that she found fearlessness was like a muscle -- the more she exercised it, the stronger it became.
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Take action. The world is full of great ideas, but success only comes through action. Walt Disney once said that the easiest way to get started is to quit talking and start doing. That’s true for your success as well.
Sujan Patel
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Secrets Of Young Entrepreneurs
Do the time. No one succeeds immediately, and everyone was once a beginner. As Steve Jobs wisely noted, “if you look closely, most overnight successes took a long time.” Don’t be afraid to invest time in your company.
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Manage energy, not time.Your energy limits what you can do with your time, so manage it wisely.
Sujan Patel
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Secrets Of Young Entrepreneurs
Build a great team. No one succeeds in business alone, and those who try will lose to a great team every time. Build your own great team to bolster your success.
Sujan Patel
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Secrets Of Young Entrepreneurs
Hire character. As you build your team, hire for character and values. You can always train someone on skills, but you can’t make someone’s values fit your company after the fact.
Sujan Patel
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Secrets Of Young Entrepreneurs
Plan for raising capital. Richard Harroch, a venture capitalist, has this advice for upcoming entrepreneurs: “It’s almost always harder to raise capital than you thought it would be, and it always takes longer. So plan for that.”
Sujan Patel
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Secrets Of Young Entrepreneurs
Know your goals.  Ryan Allis, co-founder of iContact, pointed out that having the end in mind every day ensures you’re working toward it. Set goals and remind yourself of them each day.
Sujan Patel
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Secrets Of Young Entrepreneurs
Learn from mistakes. Many entrepreneurs point to mistakes as being their best teacher. When you learn from your mistakes, you move closer to success -- even though you initially failed.
Sujan Patel
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Secrets Of Young Entrepreneurs
Know your customer. Dave Thomas, the founder of Wendy’s, cited knowing your customer as one of his three keys to success. Know those you serve better than anyone else, and you’ll be able to deliver the solutions they need.
Sujan Patel
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Secrets Of Young Entrepreneurs
Learn from complaints. Bill Gates once said that your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning. Let unhappy customers teach you where the holes in your service are.
Sujan Patel
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Secrets Of Young Entrepreneurs
Ask for customers’ input. Assuming what customers want or need will never lead to success. You must ask them directly, and then carefully listen to what they say.
Sujan Patel
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Secrets Of Young Entrepreneurs
Spend wisely. When you spend money on your business, be careful to spend it wisely. It’s easy to spend too much on foolish things and run out of capital too soon.
Sujan Patel
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Secrets Of Young Entrepreneurs
Understand your industry. Tony Hsieh, the founder of Zappos, once said, “Don’t play games you don’t understand, even if you see lots of other people making money from them.” Truly understanding your industry is key to having success.
Sujan Patel
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Secrets Of Young Entrepreneurs
Deliver more than expected. Google's Larry Page encourages entrepreneurs to deliver more than customers expect. It’s a great way to get noticed in your industry and build a loyal following of advocates.
Sujan Patel
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Secrets Of Young Entrepreneurs
Make it so by thinking! to launch a business while in your teens is a challenge that takes a “mind over matter” approach. Youth is a great benefit, in some ways; in other ways, it’s a challenge.
Brian Hughes
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Secrets Of Young Entrepreneurs
A great advantage you have as a youthful leader is that you haven’t learned yet the meaning of ‘impossible’. So you propose things that have never been done and you don’t give up when they initially don’t work the way you thought they would.
Brian Hughes
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Secrets Of Young Entrepreneurs
Some great breakthroughs have been made by young people who just didn’t know, or didn’t care, that “you can’t do that”. That doesn’t mean, however, that you should ignore any previous attempts at what you’re trying — it’s always helpful to examine past successes and failures.
Brian Hughes
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Secrets Of Young Entrepreneurs
Startup competitions can be important. Don’t overlook the increasing number of startup contests that schools, businesses, and communities have set up to provide venues for young entrepreneurs.
Brian Hughes
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Secrets Of Young Entrepreneurs
Behave yourself on the internet.This may seem like a disconnect, but just think about it: You want to present a professional and reliable image to potential investors, partners, and employees of your startup company.
Brian Hughes
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Secrets Of Young Entrepreneurs
Stick With It. Start-ups don't die, they commit suicide. In other words, 90 percent of start-ups fail because the founders get bored, discouraged, or something else, and they move on to other things, not because of some catastrophe. No matter how dark it is today, things will always better tomorrow.
Justin Kan
2
Secrets Of Young Entrepreneurs
Simplify Your Mission.I would encourage other entrepreneurs to spend a lot of time boiling down what their business is, what it does, and what it represents. If you nail down a 60- to 90-second synopsis, that will pay a lot of dividends throughout the life of your business.
Eric Koger, ModCloth
2
Secrets Of Young Entrepreneurs
We knew we only had one shot at this, so there was nothing throughout our start-up that we didn't purposely over-deliver on -- from the way we pitched our distributors and investors to the way we rolled out in the market. If you always over-deliver, it is going to draw attention and you will likely be successful.
Jeff Avallon
7
Secrets Of Young Entrepreneurs
Do More With Less. That is something we've definitely exemplified. When you have limited resources, you constantly have to be really creative about the way you can make things work.
Morgan Newman
5
Secrets Of Young Entrepreneurs
Don't Go at It Alone. Surround yourself with an awesome team because you're going to need them to overcome all the obstacles that come with starting a company. Lots of people have great ideas that they try to tackle by themselves, but I think it's almost impossible to do everything by yourself.
Emily Olson
4
Secrets Of Young Entrepreneurs
Be Nimble. The landscape no longer changes every two, three, four years like it did in 2002. If you're not quick on your toes, you will miss opportunities.
Tristan Harris
3
Secrets Of Young Entrepreneurs
Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
Thomas Edison
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It is all about your attitude
Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later.
Og Mandino
212
It is all about your attitude
Become the person who would attract the results you seek.
Jim Cathcart
183
It is all about your attitude
Don't watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.
Sam Levenson
160
It is all about your attitude
Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear.
George Addair
159
It is all about your attitude
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
Mark Twain
158
It is all about your attitude
Quality performance starts with a positive attitude.
Jeffrey Gitomer
150
It is all about your attitude
Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.
Thomas Jefferson
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It is all about your attitude
The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.
Thomas Paine
129
It is all about your attitude
We herd sheep, we drive cattle, we lead people. Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.
George S. Patton
102
It is all about your attitude
Motivation will almost always beat mere talent.
Norman Ralph Augustine
113
It is all about your attitude
Change before you have to.
Jack Welch
115
It is all about your attitude
Human beings have an innate inner drive to be autonomous, self-determined, and connected to one another. And when that drive is liberated, people achieve more and live richer lives.
Daniel Pink
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It is all about your attitude
I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse.
Florence Nightengale
108
It is all about your attitude
Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.
Zig Ziglar
104
It is all about your attitude
Well done is better than well said.
Benjamin Franklin
107
It is all about your attitude
You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.
Wayne Gretzky
99
It is all about your attitude
I got lucky because I never gave up the search. Are you quitting too soon? Or are you willing to pursue luck with a vengeance?
Jill Konrath
89
It is all about your attitude
There is always room at the top.
Daniel Webster
86
It is all about your attitude
It ain't over 'til it's over.
Yogi Berra
84
It is all about your attitude
It’s not about having the right opportunities. It’s about handling the opportunities right.
Mark Hunter
105
It is all about your attitude
A goal is a dream with a deadline.
Napolean Hill
100
It is all about your attitude
Winning isn’t everything, but wanting to win is.
Vince Lombardi
91
It is all about your attitude
Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting.
Christopher Morley
85
It is all about your attitude
If you’re offered a seat on a rocket ship, don’t ask what seat! Just get on.
Sheryl Sandberg
84
It is all about your attitude
Outstanding people have one thing in common: An absolute sense of mission.
Zig Ziglar
87
It is all about your attitude
You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.
Henry Ford
89
It is all about your attitude
Trying is winning in the moment.
Dan Waldschmidt
87
It is all about your attitude
Fall down seven times and stand up eight.
Proverb
86
It is all about your attitude
If you aren’t going all the way, why go at all?
Joe Namath
81
It is all about your attitude
Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.
William James
86
It is all about your attitude
You just can't beat the person who never gives up.
Babe Ruth
85
It is all about your attitude
Lean in, speak out, have a voice in your organization, and never use the word 'sorry.'
Trish Bertuzzi
75
It is all about your attitude
Whatever you are, be a good one.
Abraham Lincoln
80
It is all about your attitude
The road to Easy Street goes through the sewer.
John Madden
67
It is all about your attitude
Fortune favors the bold.
Virgil
74
It is all about your attitude
Success is never final. Failure is never fatal. It is courage that counts.
Winston Churchill
78
It is all about your attitude
Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.
John D. Rockefeller
83
It is all about your attitude
High expectations are the key to everything.
Sam Walton
78
It is all about your attitude
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Eleanor Roosevelt
84
It is all about your attitude
Don't let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
John R. Wooden
82
It is all about your attitude
There is little success where there is little laughter.
Andrew Carnegie
70
It is all about your attitude
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Albert Einstein
83
It is all about your attitude
What we dwell on is who we become.
Oprah Winfrey
71
It is all about your attitude
It is not necessary to do extraordinary things to get extraordinary results.
Warren Buffett
73
It is all about your attitude
Nothing is impossible; the word itself says 'I'm possible!'
Audrey Hepburn
70
It is all about your attitude
Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.
Steve Jobs
67
It is all about your attitude
The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.
Bruce Lee
70
It is all about your attitude
Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice.
Wayne Dyer
70
It is all about your attitude
Are you feeling low today? You don't know what to do with your life? Feeling confused? Move on here and you'll find the solution.
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100 Ways to Motivate Yourself
Monday: What matters most to you? If you want to motivate yourself, start with determining your dreams, goals and aspirations.
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100 Ways to Motivate Yourself
Tuesday: Mistakes! Don't hate them, learn from them. Embrace your past and dream about the future.
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100 Ways to Motivate Yourself
Wednesday: You think you are the best? Accept that you are an amateur; then try to become an expert.
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100 Ways to Motivate Yourself

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