Tag: business-quotes

Hot passion is a bit like infatuation – it burns brightly, but fades quickly.

Cold passion’ is calm, considered and long lasting. Both the brain and the heart are working together. Emotions have been takenout of decision-making. And decisions are given time, looked at from all angles. Cold passion is much more effective at getting results.

You will need to create a discipline where head and heart can bothbe involved in the decisions that you make. Taking the emotion out of something you feel very passionate about is far from easy. But easy don’t build great.

Teams gather around change.

If you run a business, 80% of your business probably comes from 20% of your customers. If you are a creative person, 80% of your awards/recognition/income will come from 20% of your output.

Life is complicated. Sport is simple.

The real badge of honour at work is not to work longer than anyone else, but to work smarter than anyone else.

Self-imposed insanely impossible deadlines often help.

99% of businesses fail for one reason. They never start.

Find a bigger enemy than just a rival brand. It can be bad design. It can be time. It can be pollution. It can be ugliness. It can be bad service. It can be landfill. It can be complexity. But pick your enemy well. It will drive you forward.

Reputation takes decades to make. And can be lost in one tweet. Think about that before you press the send button.

Great ideas often have no reference points.We have nothing to compare them to. They are original, and awkward. And so they are the most vulnerable to people trying to kill them. They do not conform to what exists, so they challenge us.