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Human beings are built to take tragedy but they are not built to take evil

Ideas are always at war, always, and we are in a war between these ideas.

It's a stupid game to betray your future self to gratify your present self

Speed is everything in business. Speed beats perfection every single time.

Confidence Is Comfort with Failure

The comfort to fail in front of people is what is perceived as confidence.

Customers First, Shareholders Second

I care about my customers first, my shareholders second, and myself third.

Better to live 30 years full of adventure than 100 years safe in the corner

University is actually not a business. It's like a church is not a business

You can be anti radical left without falling all the way into the far right

It's painful to understand how much of what you are doing is not productive

Borrow capital, keep ownership

Get seed money to help you, but let them be loans, not owning your company.

Sales Is the Ultimate Business Skill

Once you learn and master sales, everything else can be taught and learned.

The Best Deals Happen Off-Table

You'll always get a better deal if you leave it on the table and walk away.

Listen twice, talk once

We were given two ears and one mouth for a reason. Listen twice, talk once.

Read the books. I didn't read enough — that's why I left the Forbes list.

The three steps of negotiation

Listen. Agree or disagree. Close. Those are the three steps of negotiation.

Put your money where it makes money for you - and where you can't touch it.

The Law of Giving

Don't be a taker. Give, give, give... eventually it will be given unto you.

Tell the Brutal Truth

Never tell a lie. Always be honest, whatever it is - tell the brutal truth.

Sell it first and then figure it out. You need customers, you need revenue.

Deposit your imagination and faith into high, skillful, disciplined activity

Somebody once wisely said - the people who fail to plan are planning to fail

People are redeemed one by one and not in groups. It's an individual project

Your moral duty is to realize the archetype in the confines of your own life