The Savvy Entrepreneur

You can only be as good as you dare to be bad. — John Barrymore

New organs of perception come into being as a result of necessity. Therefore, increase your necessity, so that you may increase your perception. — Rumi

Do not be afraid to take a big step when one is indicated. You can’t cross a chasm in two small jumps. — David Lloyd George

In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, in the expert’s mind there are few. — Shunryu Suzuki

There is a vitatlity, a life force, an energy, that is translated to you into action , and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique. If you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and will be lost. — Martha Graham

Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds. — Orison Swett Marden What overwhelming odds have you had to overcome lately? <A HREF=”http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US&ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Fsmallbusin06b-20%2F8010%2F57277e22-811c-46c6-87ae-3070624b030e&Operation=NoScript” mce_HREF=”http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US&ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Fsmallbusin06b-20%2F8010%2F57277e22-811c-46c6-87ae-3070624b030e&Operation=NoScript”>Amazon.com Widgets</A>

Every successful man I have heard of has done the best he could with conditions as he found them, and not waited until the next year for better. — Edgar Watson Howe

What you need to develop persistence is will-power and desire. In other words, how bad do you want it? And how far are you willing to go to get it? Unless the answer is all the way, you will not persist. You will give up. — Napoleon Hill <A HREF=”http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US&ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Fsmallbusin06b-20%2F8010%2Fe12e2ea0-65b6-43c0-ac2f-2c6ff0f35749&Operation=NoScript” mce_HREF=”http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US&ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Fsmallbusin06b-20%2F8010%2Fe12e2ea0-65b6-43c0-ac2f-2c6ff0f35749&Operation=NoScript”>Amazon.com Widgets</A>

I just finished reading The Fearless Fish Out of Water: How to Succeed When You’re the Only One Like You by Robin Fisher Roffer, CEO of Big Fish Marketing. While her book speaks mostly to people in the corporate world, if you’re an entrepreneur who has been perceived as someone who doesn’t fit it in, [...]

Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much because they live in the grey twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat. — Theodore Roosevelt

The important thing is not being afraid to take a chance. Remember, the greatest failure is not to try. Once you find something you love to do, be the best at doing it. — Debbi Fields, founder of Mrs. Fields’ Cookies

Vision is the art of seeing the invisible. — Jonathan Swift What’s your vision? What’s your plan to turn it into reality?