Get out of the comfort zone! Ideas: - Make a cold call daily. - Talk to a pretty person everyday. - Start each day with the task you want to do the least. - Shower ice cold every morning. - Every day do something you are afraid of.

People usually prefer dissatisfaction over uncertainty.

With a classical 9-to-5 job we have to work 5 days to have 2 days off. If that job does not even fulfill you, that's a really bad deal.

A lot of the things you are interested in or passionate about can somehow be monetized. Even if it is not obvious at the first glance. Opportunities would be e.g. freelancing, coaching, consulting, info products, blogs or even writing books to achieve this.

We have to be unique - everything but ordinary! Because who constantly compares himself with others, will be one thing above all else: same.

Working independently from location can sometimes be exhausting and hard, but it's also a gift that many others do not get in their lifes. If you have the opportunity to travel a lot and work for yourself, you should always appreciate it and be grateful.

Find a job you love and you will never have to work in your life.

There will be times in which you feel like nothing is working out. You will doubt yourself. You'll think about throwing it all away and looking for a normal job again. Do not let this times get you down. Just keep on going. Only then you will slowly but surely succeed.

Look at construction workers. They work really hard, then have a quick break for lunch and just continue working hard later. Maybe they do not always want to, but they have to, and they pull it over every day. You need this attitude to be successful in your own business.

The only way to do great work is to love what you do.

If we were to spend just that same time reflecting on what we want in life, like asking what we're going to do with two weeks off, we'd be shocked by our false standards and the aimless work of our busy days.

Fun is important, but goals are even more important. Imagine, you wake up in the morning and have nothing to do. You could turn on the TV, meet friends. But these are not the happier days. The happier days are when you know exactly what to do.

Your time in this life is limited and therefore very precious. The money comes and goes but you never get your time back. If you give someone your time, they should appreciate it. Therefore, letting someone steal your time should never be tolerated by you.

Instead of tormenting yourself through life, to reach your goal at some point in the future (e.g. the receipt of the pension), you should think about how you can manage to experience it every day as if you had already reached the goal (e.g. passive income, traveling regularly, working from home).

As a self-employed person you have the following advantages: you learn how to get jobs, you can get used to new situations more quickly, maybe you will lose a customer but you still have the job and you always have full control over your life and work and decide how it goes on.

Business opportunities are like buses, there's always another one coming.

Even with little capital, it is already possible to publish a first version of your product, service, etc.. This will possibly even generate some income early. You can also use this to get your customers involved in the process of product improvement (feedback), which brings you many benefits.

Perfectionism is good in some cases, but usually harmful in online business. Do not waste time: Out with the product, the website etc. Concentrate on the goal.

Always show yourself professionaly. Even if your web presence is not yet perfect in terms of design and content, you should always maintain a professional look. Everything else you can still improve and customize later on-the-fly.

Business is basically nothing more than a tangle of human relationships.

Once you've come up with a price for your product, service, etc., multiply it by 1.3. Most of the times you will come up with a price which is too low. With this multiplication you make sure that you don't sell your product under it's value.

Affiliate programs only make sense if your product already sells well in direct marketing. The keyword here is Conversions. How many of your visitors actually buy your product in the end? If the relationship is right, Affiliate Partners will be more willing to recommend your product.

You can not learn from mistakes that others have made.

Collect and maintain the email addresses of your readers and customers. These are the people who are most likely to pay for your future products, services, etc.

There is a lot to do, so pass on work to others as well. You should not do everything alone. On the internet you will find many platforms with qualified people who can help you with your projects.

To find out if your idea is good, you can check if there is something similar on the market and if it is successful. You can also offer a first prototype with the possibility of pre-ordering and see how many buyers are willing to pay for it.

The most dangerous drugs of all is success.

To save a lot of money, especially at the beginning of your business, you could also move to a country with a low cost of living. Until your business is doing really well. This strategy is known as geoarbitrage.

Courage is at the beginning of action, happiness is at the end.

You may already call yourself an expert if you have more experience in a topic than others. It is enough if you have read one book more or you came into contact with this topic more often than others did. If you are able to teach others something new, you are an expert in their eyes.

Nothing inspires me more than the words: It won't work. When I hear that, I do everything I can to make the supposedly impossible possible.

I take my fun very seriously, whether it's playing the drums or acting in comedy bits. The need to be disciplined about it, and not take it lightly, and not be too casual, is something I take deeply to heart.

I always have loved the Stradivarius. My teacher, Josef Gingold, he had a Stradivarius. As a treat, he would put it under my chin and let me play a few notes, and I remember that feeling of the overtones, the complexity of the sound. It's like a great wine.

Be wary of authorities who befriend a person for their own purposes. They appear loving when it is beneficial to them, but do not stand by the other person in his time of distress.

Believe, and what was impossible becomes possible what at first was hidden becomes visible.

Daisy Daisy Give me your answer do Im half crazy all for the love of you It wont be a stylish marriage I cant aford a carriage but youll look sweet on the seat of a bicycle built for two

People who are desperate for Barack Obama to win the presidency are capable of practically anything.

If all you have to offer is a look that is supposed to be appealing, the you are going to be paid attention to about a tenth as long as you would be if when you speak you are interesting.

Time has always been used against us on a certain level. The invention of the clock made us accountable to the employer, gave us a standard measure and stopwatch management, and it also led to the requirement of interest-bearing currency to grow over time, the requirement of the expansion of our economy.

When you make movies, you have to be preoccupied with the social problems, otherwise there is no point in making a movie. To have a story, you need a social problem. Not necessarily a problem, but something to get the idea for a story, otherwise there's no story.

Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.

I have my relationship with God and myself, and that's what matters to me. I really don't care what most people think.

I am to provide the public with beneficial shocks.

I have therefore concluded to apply for the privilege of becoming a Cadet at West Point.

But things can happen in a band, or any type of collaboration, that would not otherwise happen.

Beware of altruism. It is based on self-deception, the root of all evil.

Public speaking is scary, I think. I've gotten way better at it. If I have to do a speech and be like, 'I'm a YouTuber,' then that's easy, but if I have to get up there and pretend I know something in front of adults, it's never fine. In front of adults, it's like, 'Ahhhh they're going to judge me.'

Wherever a man turns he can find someone who needs him.

I don't think my work does reflect my nationality - I don't like the idea of nationalism.