Quote of the Week: Entrepreneur Maxims
This anonymous quote was shared by Devin Schain, a serial entrepreneur:
“What looks like a cloud to one person…is an opportunity to sell umbrellas to another.”
Devin also shared these great mantras:
“Make sure your team knows they’re working with you, not for you.”
“I will take an ‘A Person’ and a ‘B idea’ over an ‘A idea’ and a ‘B person’.”
“Growth and personal mastery leads to happiness. You want to be in the sweet spot between skill and challenge.”
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Quote of the Week
This quote was shared by Stephanie di Paolo Miller at Trinity University: Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle. – Plato
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