"Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little difference between obstacle and opportunity and are able to turn both to their advantage." - Niccolo Machiavelli … [Read more...]
Opportunities multiply as they are seized. - Sun Tzu … [Read more...]
By Jim Rohn Someone recently asked me the question: "How can I have more opportunities come into my life?" Good question, but I think my answer surprised them a bit. I bypassed the obvious (and necessary) points about hard work, persistence and preparation. They actually were very hard workers. And they had the great attribute of being seekers, they were on the outlook. But I felt maybe they were missing this next and most valuable point - attraction. I always thought … [Read more...]
What is opportunity to the man who can't use it? - George Eliot … [Read more...]
"When one door closes another door opens; but we do often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us." – Alexander Graham Bell … [Read more...]
“A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity. An optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." - Winston Churchill … [Read more...]
Les Brown and his twin brother were adopted by Mamie Brown, a kitchen worker and maid, shortly after their birth in a poverty-stricken Miami neighborhood. Because of his hyperactivity and nonstop jabber, Les was placed in special education classes for the learning disabled in grade school and throughout high school. Upon graduation, he became a city sanitation worker in Miami Beach. But he had a dream of being a disc jockey. At night he would take a transistor radio to bed where he listened … [Read more...]
The early life of Einstein gives us some clues to the great man that he would become. He was never one to dominant conversation to prove his intellect. Even as a child he didn't talk much. It has been said that he didn't talk until 3 -- there are conflicting accounts on this. However, what is not conflicting is that it took him a little longer to talk than the average child. But, we must remember that Albert Einstein was far from average. Einstein's parents hardly coddled their first born. … [Read more...]
