How a First-Time Author Sold 5,000 Books in One Month
“Writing and marketing a new book is just like running a business. You start with an idea and a lot of unproven assumptions and your goal is to prove those assu...
“Writing and marketing a new book is just like running a business. You start with an idea and a lot of unproven assumptions and your goal is to prove those assu...
“No matter what you spend your time doing, you can never get that time back. And any time spent continuing to work towards the wrong priority is just wasted tim...
“The average adult checks their email 45 times. Yet nobody has claimed to have changed the world by checking email.”
“Always, always, always choose the people. The people you work with every day will be by far the biggest factor in your work happiness. This isn’t measured just...
“The purpose of a car is to go somewhere and fuel helps you get there. The purpose of a company is to accomplish something, to advance a greater cause, to contr...
“No business ever failed to take off because they used Quickbooks instead of Xero, or because they chose the wrong free CRM or because they chose chose logo A i...
“When you know exactly who you’re talking to, you speak to them directly — without vagaries.”
“The directive to ‘find your passion’ suggests a passive process. Telling people to develop their passion, however, suggests an active one that depends on us — ...
“For every moment you double down on something that’s not working out, you are forgoing other potentially valuable opportunities.”
“Rather than thinking about how much you need to make to cover your costs, think about how little you need to help you survive as long as you want.”