20 Things I Should Have Known at 20

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20 Things I Should Have Known at 20.

1. The world is trying to keep you stupid. From bank fees to interest rates to miracle diets, people who are not educated are easier to get money from and easier to lead. Educate yourself as much as possible for wealth, independence, and happiness.

2. Do not have faith in institutions to educate you. By the time they build the curriculum, it’s likely that the system is outdated– sometimes utterly broken. You both learn and get respect from people worth getting it from by leading and doing, not by following.

3. Read as much as you can. Learn to speed read with high retention. Emerson Spartz taught me this while I was at a Summit Series event. If he reads 2-3 books a week, you can read one.

4. Connect with everyone, all the time. Be genuine about it. Learn to find something you like in each person, and then speak to that thing.

5. Don’t waste time being shy. Shyness is the belief that your emotions should be the arbitrators of your decision making process when the opposite is actually true.

6. If you feel weird about something during a relationship, that’s usually what you end up breaking up over.

7. Have as much contact as possible with older people. Personally, I met people at Podcamps. My friend Greg, at the age of 13, met his first future employer sitting next to him on a plane. The reason this is so valuable is because people your age don’t usually have the decision-making ability to help you very much. Also they know almost everything you will learn later, so ask them.

8. Find people that are cooler than you and hang out with them too. This and the corollary are both important: “don’t attempt to be average inside your group. Continuously attempt to be cooler than them (by doing cooler things, being more laid back, accepting, ambitious, etc.).”

9. You will become more conservative over time. This is just a fact. Those you surround yourself with create a kind of “bubble” that pushes you to support the status quo. For this reason, you need to do your craziest stuff NOW. Later on, you’ll become too afraid. Trust me.

10. Reduce all expenses as much as possible. I mean it. This creates a safety net that will allow you to do the crazier shit I mentioned above.

11. Instead of getting status through objects (which provide only temporary boosts), do it through experiences. In other words, a trip to Paris is a better choice than a new wardrobe. Studies show this also boosts happiness.

12. While you are living on the cheap, solve the money problem. Use the internet, because it’s like a cool little machine that helps you do your bidding. If you are currently living paycheck to paycheck, extend that to three weeks instead of two. Then, as you get better, you can think a month ahead, then three months, then six, and finally a year ahead. (The goal is to get to a point where you are thinking 5 years ahead.)

13. Learn to program.

14. Get a six-pack (or get thin, whatever your goal is) while you are young. Your hormones are in a better place to help you do this at a younger age. Don’t waste this opportunity, trust me.

15. Learn to cook. This will make everything much easier and it turns food from a chore + expensive habit into a pleasant + frugal one. I’m a big Jamie Oliver fan, but whatever you like is fine.

16. Sleep well. This and cooking will help with the six pack. If you think “I can sleep when I’m dead” or “I have too much to do to sleep,” I have news for you: you are INEFFICIENT, and sleep deprivation isn’t helping.

17. Get a reminder app for everything. Do not trust your own brain for your memory. Do not trust it for what you “feel like” you should be doing. Trust only the reminder app. I use RE.minder and Action Method.

18. Choose something huge to do, as well as allowing the waves of opportunity to help you along. If you don’t set goals, some stuff may happen, but if you do choose, lots more will.

19. Get known for one thing. Spend like 5 years doing it instead of flopping around all over the place. If you want to shift afterwards, go ahead. Like I said, choose something.

20. Don’t try to “fix” anyone. Instead, look for someone who isn’t broken.

Written by: Julian Smith inoveryourhead.net

How to Tutor

Becoming a tutor is a great way to make money.

As my previous article Become a Tutor explains, if you are academically gifted, tutoring is a great way to make money in college. You can tutor through your university, through an agency like Sylvan Learning, independently, or even online. Once you decide how you want to tutor, you will want to train yourself to be a successful tutor. Successful tutors make people happy and more importantly get repeat business and referrals.


Below are tips on how to be a successful tutor acquired from a pamphlet published by The International Bureau of Education.

Question, pause for thinking time and then prompt

Talking at people for a long time is not an effective way of helping them to learn.  A variety of tasks and ways of responding to tasks helps prevent tutees and tutors from losing interest. Different kinds of questioning have very different effects on learners. Tutees must be allowed time to understand questions or tasks. 

• Avoid lectures. Do not give tutees long, complicated explanations. Keep everything short, to the point and in simple words. Give positive instructions for what to do. Do not emphasize what NOT to do. If necessary, explain again briefly, but in different words.

• Review. Often it is helpful to briefly review what you learned in your previous tutoring session.

• Concentrate. Stay focused on the task in hand. Do not drift off into irrelevant conversation. Tutoring time is precious. Use it well. But have some fun while learning.

• Variety. Mix up: easy and hard tasks; short and long; highly structured and open-ended; talking, reading and writing.

• Question. Do not just ask for a fact or one-word answer. Ask questions that are open-ended and encourage the tutee to talk. But do not make your questions  too complicated. Ask questions that will make the tutee think and reveal their understanding (or misunderstanding). Ask questions that make the tutee apply, analyze, predict, classify, synthesize, justify or evaluate what they are learning. Some of these questions will have more than one ‘right’ answer. Do not accept guesses.

• Thinking time. Do not expect the tutee to respond to a question immediately. They will need some thinking time. Tutors can give them that, while schoolteachers often cannot.

• Prompt. Do not just tell the tutee the answer. Give them a small clue about how to work out the right answer. This might be a drawing or a gesture (for example), as well as more spoken words. Give just enough support to enable the tutee to be successful with some effort — no more.

Check and correct errors

Errors are a positive learning opportunity if recognized as errors. But if not recognized, errors compound faulty learning. Tutors have more time than schoolteachers to observe carefully for errors. But they might not be so good at actually recognizing them.  Tutors also have more time than teachers to intervene in a way that encourages self-correction. Self-correction is widely recognized as an important step towards developing metacognition (understanding how you learn) and self-managed learning.

• Observe tutee performance closely. If errors are not seen and corrected, much faulty learning will take place. Some errors might be just carelessness. But many will show a failure to understand.

• Check for errors. When you see an error, try to intervene positively. Avoid just saying ‘no!’. First, suggest to your tutee that you think they might have made an error. Encourage them to find where. If they cannot find where, give them a clue to help them locate the error.

• Promote self-correction. When they have found it, talk about the nature of the error. In what way is it wrong? Why? How can it be put right? Through this discussion, you give the tutee the chance to put the error right themselves (self correct). This is much better for their learning and for their confidence.

• Correction procedure. Of course, if they try to self-correct but still do not get it right, you will need to intervene more. If all else fails, you might need to: demonstrate or model the correct response; lead or prompt the tutee to imitate this; check that the tutee can produce the correct response without help.

Discuss and praise

Discussion leads tutees to actively process information and develops deeper understanding, rather than just learning facts by rote. Praise is a powerful form of feedback, especially if it comes from someone with whom the tutee has a good relationship. 

• Discuss. The questioning and the promotion of self-correction mentioned above should lead into elaborated discussions. This will help to establish deeper and wider understanding in the tutee.

• Praise. Most tutors do not praise their tutees as much as they think they do. Most tutors also criticize their tutees more than they think they do. Try to observe your own tutoring behavior carefully. Tutoring is a private situation that should be within a context of trust. Embarrassment about giving and receiving praise publicly should not be a problem. So give more praise!

• When to praise. Praise for success with particularly hard problems or tasks. Praise for self-correction. Praise for increasing time-span without error. Praise for effort as well as success when the tutee is struggling. Praise ‘better efforts’ even if still not quite right. Praise increasing tutee independence. At the end of the session, give praise for the whole session. Write some praise on any record of the session.

• Effective praise. Praise specifying the reason for it—say exactly what the tutee has done well. Vary the praise—use as many different praise words as you can think of. See if your tutee can think of some more! Praise as if you mean it—sound and look pleased! Smile, at least.

Summarize and review

A summarizing discussion should come at the end of the tutoring session. Reviewing the most important things that have been learned will help the tutee remember. This review discussion also leads naturally into planning what you might do in the next session

• Summarize/review during the session. At strategic points during the tutoring session, and certainly at the end of it, ask the tutee to summarize or review the key or main points that have been learned. You might be surprised at what they think are the main points. You might need to remind them of one or two important things, which they already seem to have forgotten. Have a final discussion and agree about the main points. Do not try to cram in too many ‘main’ points. This is all good preparation for the review or recapitulation that should start your next session.

Make Money By Investing

Once you begin to make money from any of my suggested methods, you will want to look into investing this money in order to earn even more money. There are thousands of ways to do it; stocks, stock mutual funds, bonds, bond mutual funds, lifecycle funds, exchange-traded funds, certificates of deposit, money market funds, and annuities are only the beginning. Buying a house and renting it out, or privately funding a new start up business can be good ways of investing away from bankers. Deciding when, how, and how much to invest is a tricky thing, and should be approached with caution. I recommend checking out www.investor.gov and reading up on the basics of investing before you do anything with your hard earned money.

Make Extra Money at Work

Few people with jobs know about all of the ways they could increase their salary WITHOUT asking for a raise. Check out this fantastic article by Ben Edwards titled "7 Extra Ways to Earn Money at Work." I've shared an article by Ben before because he knows what he is talking about.

Also, he forgot to mention the 401k match, the easiest way to make extra money from your job. Many employers will match what you contribute to your 401k up to a certain percentage of your base salary, and over the years that adds up! I highly recommend depositing the maximum amount that your employer will match ever year. It is free money and financially responsible!

Make more money at work!

7 Extra Ways to Earn Money at Work

1) Employ Referral BonusesAs I mentioned above, I missed out on a ton of money by ignoring this bonus opportunity. I have a friend who interviewed with the same company I work for and ended up getting the job.  I had talked with her only a week before about her current job and her career plans going forward, foolishly I didn’t think to refer her to my company (I’ve even written about how to refer a friend for a job).

The reason employee referral programs exist is that the cost of finding good people is pretty high.  It’s worth it to many companies to pay a fee to tap into their employees professional network.

Here’s how the employee referral bonus works at my company.  They pay you a $2500 bonus for any full-time employee you refer that stays with the company longer than six months.  However, you want to make sure you research the appropriate process for referring someone so that you can get credit for the referral. 

In my case, if a candidate applies on their own, even if they mention your name, you don’t get credit.  In order to earn the referral bonus I have to submit their resume through a special page, which then gets forwarded on to Human Resources. 

So if you have people in your network that are skilled and talented and might fit the needs of your company, you should check to see if they offer a referral program. 

2) Performance BonusesPerformance bonuses can be tricky to earn depending on how your company handles them.  In some cases there are well defined milestones that will earn you a bonus.  In other jobs bonuses can more arbitrary, something you get when your boss decides you’ve been putting in a lot of work or really contributed to a project.

If the criteria for a performance bonus aren’t well defined, I’d be reluctant to work your fingers to the bone in hopes of getting a bonus.  However, if you can be pretty certain that putting in extra work will translate to a bonus above and beyond your salary then it can be a good way to make extra money.

3) Idea BonusesSome companies have employee idea programs that are designed to give you an incentive to share your best ideas.  If you’re in the middle of a project and have a revelation that could help the company (save money, be more efficient, help enter new markets, break organizational boundaries, etc) be sure to document it and send it in.

Companies with these idea bonus programs typically have a process where you can submit your ideas.  If yours are approved and implemented then you’re paid a bonus.

4) Achievement BonusesAll the businesses I’ve worked for have a way of honoring high levels of achievement (that include a monetary reward).  Usually held once or twice a year, they open up for submissions of projects from around the company.  The top projects are be nominated for the award and the winner of the award gets a cash prize.

If you have a project you feel is worthy, don’t be afraid to submit it yourself.  If this feels too bold you might be able to submit it anonymously or talk a co-worker into submitting it in their name.

5) Training & ConferencesEvery year when it’s time to make the budget my boss comes around and asks if there are any conferences or training I’d like to attend. It’s true that these benefits are different than money in your pocket bonuses but these events could someday translate into more cash. 

The skills that you learn in training can help you get a promotion at your current job or get hired for a new job.  The connections you make at conferences could someday lead to partnerships or job referrals.  Plus they give you a day or more of paid time away from the office, which is always nice.

6) Travel RewardsWhether you’re flying to a training conference or a client meeting, employer funded travel is an opportunity for you to earn travel rewards. 

Ideally you pay for the plane tickets and hotel rooms on your own and get reimbursed after your trip.  This lets you earn miles on your airline credit cards, free nights on your hotel card, or even just a percentage back on your cash back card.

There are some companies that book your trip for you or require use of a corporate card when you pay.  Although you miss out on the points, miles, or cash back from the purchase – you can still earn some rewards simply by taking the flight or staying the night.

7) Tuition ReimbursementI list tuition reimbursement separately from training and conferences because in some companies the funding (and approval) comes from different sources.

The requirements for having tuition approved and reimbursed can also be different for college courses.  For example, many companies require you to earn a minimum grade in a course before they’ll agree to pay for it.  In contrast, once funding has been approved for a conference or training, sometimes all you have to do is show up since it’s already been paid for.

Be sure you pay attention to the requirements surrounding tuition reimbursement at your company.  A former co-worker of mine didn’t read the details before registering for a course and ended up having to pay the full tuition himself.  Taking one or two courses may not make that much of a difference but if you can have a whole degree paid for by your employer that will certainly boost the value of your resume.

So, what did I miss.  Is there anything else you do in your job that helps you earn money other than your base salary?

How to Dress Professionally

How you dress heavily impacts people's perception of you. A sharp dresser communicates that they pay attention to detail and have self respect, while a sloppy dresser does just the opposite. Employers and clients will look to see how you take care of yourself to get a idea of how you will take care of them in a business relationship. The following post contains highlights from GQ's Guide to Dress Shirts and Shirting, a necessary tool for any guy wanting to appear employable. I encourage you to read the full article -- multiple times-- and then go update your wardrobe. Remember, if you look good, you feel good; confidence is key; and dress for success.

Photo: Paola Kudacki

The GQ Guide to Shirting

Think of Your Dress Shirt as Your Bulletproof Vest

It's the first thing you put on and your last line of defense. When you button it up in the morning, you should feel confident, in control, even invincible. Seriously, putting on a crisp, clean shirt that fits perfectly makes you feel like you're the boss. But here's the thing: A dress shirt is not any old shirt—there are a lot of details to get right, from the collar to the cuffs to the cut of the torso. All that said, buying the right dress shirt isn't quantum physics. You can find it at your local mall just as surely as at the fanciest, priciest, most fashionable store on Madison Avenue. You just have to understand the following principles.

• Know what size shirt you wear. Get measured.

• Always buy a fitted dress shirt—even if you're not model skinny.

• When in doubt, go with a semispread collar. It works with everything.

• Unbutton and unpress your oxford—it's cooler that way.

• Inject some personality into your workwear—try a plaid or gingham dress shirt. And pair either one with a dark tie.

• Be a man: Wear a pink dress shirt to the office.

• Get some attitude: Unbutton your shirt cuffs.

• Don't settle for a limp collar. Use stays.

• Learn to wash and iron your own shirts. You'll save cash and ensure quality care

Read More http://www.gq.com/style/style-manual/201204/shirts-guide-sizing-fit#ixzz1vnrLRPhc

Rise above the Challenge!

Me when I started my first business...

If you want to be successful at a young age, you are going to run into some challenges. This article courtesy of www.under30ceo.com outlines the challenges you will face as a young Entrepreneur and how to overcome them.

7 Ways to Overcome Age and Be Respected as a Young Entrepreneur

Many years ago the barrier to entry into business was high. Starting a new business was extremely difficult for a young twenty something year old not to talk of a young person below the age of 20.

While this has certainly changed in the 21st century there are still challenges of credibility, access to funding and so on facing a young startup entrepreneur.

In some climates like Africa, the Middle East, Asia and South America young entrepreneurs have to fight against a mindset where people tend to see youth as not with potential for success but as liabilities.

Still despite the many challenges you may face as a young entrepreneur it is a very exciting time to go into business for yourself. There has never been a better time to start your own business than now. With the internet and new emerging technologies lowering the barrier to entry it is now a more open game for every willing soul.

Challenges to Expect if You Are a Young Entrepreneur

It is better you understand the challenges you are going to come up against as you set out to start your own business or run your own company. Knowing these challenges will help you develop the right attitude to overcoming them.

Challenge of Credibility

I recall the first time I sat before a big hotel executive in my country trying to convince him on how my tiny marketing consulting company can help stimulate reasonable sales and profit growth for his large hotel. The fact that I was a young, small guy with little or no track record didn’t help matters.

As a young entrepreneur you are faced with convincing clients, customers and even prospective employees that you are serious enough and capable of delivering on your promises. Building credibility will determine how far you go as an entrepreneur.

Challenge of Cynicism

In parts of Africa you meet lots of unbelief when you introduce yourself as an entrepreneur and they see you are very young or even too young. I don’t know about your country but there is something about being young and in business that makes people look at you with some skepticism. It is a challenge you have to overcome with boldness and professionalism producing stellar results whenever given the chance. Results will erase the challenges of cynicism and credibility faster than anything else you can think of.

How to Become Respected and Successful as a Young Entrepreneur

You should never despair when people take your words for nothing and dismiss you with a wave of the hand. Learn to grow a thick skin. And here are ways you can become successful even as a young business person.

1. Embrace Technology:

Nothing has contributed to the high number of successful young entrepreneurs in our world today more than technology and the internet. Two decades ago or even less it was more difficult to start a business. The financial requirments and barriers were too high. Technology has taken care of that today. Media businesses like NairaBrains and TechCrunch no longer take much money to start. You can start a serious business today with a couple thousand dollars and no warehouse costs and inventories etc. Today businesses worth millions of Dollars have been started by young, bleary eyed teenagers who had barely enough money to cater for their needs. All thanks to technology.

If you hope to start a business and hopefully grow it to become profitable without the luxury of millions look towards problem solving through technology. It is one of your best shots. If your idea is good enough maybe before you run out of money you get interested investors willing to give you enough funds to take you to profitability.

Internet and tech companies are reasons we have more millionaires in their twenties. So look at problems or challenges that can be solved with the use of technology with enough potential market size, get the right partners and jump in. It will be an easier route to becoming a successful entrepreneur.

2. Use Other People’s Experience:

I struggled with a colleague of mine trying to run a business a few years ago while in the University until I learned the lesson of leverage. If you can’t get across a dugout throw a plank across it and walk your way through. If you are starting a business a sure way to fail is to try to do everything. You might be good in programming and so single handedly you get the website for your idea up and running. How do you promote the idea, get early users in and improve onward all alone? How do you source for more funds from investors?

You don’t have to pay to get other people’s experience. You can offer equity to have experienced people join your team thus complementing your own efforts. You can also get a lot of other people’s experience by just asking. If you have a meeting set up but you need a more credible figure to boost your chances of getting a worthwhile contract then seek out that more experienced person and ask him to join you. You take the back seat and ride on the back of the more experienced people to get what you want.

3. Be Bold and Creative:

Be bold! There are no two ways about in today’s business world. Do your homework and be confident all through. If boldness gets you into trouble only more boldness will get you out. While this may not be absolutely true I have found from experience that you have to be very bold to get the respect you deserve as a young entrepreneur. At the first sign of timidity you lose. Do not allow yourself get cowed. You should also never be too boastful or proud.

Become creative and look for unconventional means to solve problems. People tend to respect you for that. If you are young, ambitious and creative you stand a better chance to succeed. Use your creativity to your advantage.

4. Surround Yourself With a Sound Board of Advisors:

A very good way to tap into other people’s experience as earlier stated is to build up and surround yourself with a smart and knowledgeable Board of Advisors. It need not be a formal board nor do they need to know themselves. They are people you consult for advice, people you go to for business leads. One of the first things I did while trying to restructure my company last year was to weave through all my contacts and create an Advisory Board of all experienced and accomplished professionals who I felt will be of great help to my business. I approached them and asked to seek advice from them whenever I needed to. Several of them agreed. I advise you should do the same.

How Do You Get Such Board if You are Then Young and Inexperienced

Getting a decent Board of Advisors is no easy feat. Chances are that you do not know any experienced or resourceful individual in your proposed line of business. The only way to solve this is to actively begin to network and meet the right people. LinkedIn and a few other networking innovations have made it more easier to link up and meet new people you wouldn’t otherwise have met.

- Don’t make any request first, Build up a Relationship: It’s always smarter to build trust and affinity before making requests from new acquaintances and associates. Make positive efforts to gain their respect and trust and then politely explain that you are starting a company and you feel their experience will be invaluable to the success of your new venture. Let them know that because of how busy they might be you would love to have them as one of your Advisors. Promise not to take much of their time or run to them with every little problem you have.

Getting the right advisors will be difficult. Many will not have your time and turn down your request. The few that do agree may not even have the time to give you advice on phone, reply with detailed advice through email or meet in person with you. So the sooner you know that the better.

Start with gathering a list of potential advisors who are good for the kind of business you are going into. then approach them one after the other to first connect then request. If you end up getting two or three who can give freely of their time and advice you then that will be great for you.

5. Network, Network, Network:

Your best bet to meeting the right people and team you need for your success in the entrepreneurial journey is via social media. With the help of social media networking you can hire the best hands, get needed investors and advisors, attract good consultants and ultimately reach out to more of your target audience without spending tons of money.

If you are a young entrepreneur social media can be a very powerful and important tool for you.

5. Build a Reputation: Reputations grow like fire because they are essentially helped along by word of mouth. Determine a specific talent or thing you want to be respected and known for and quickly begin to build a reputation for yourself. When your name goes ahead of you it doesn’t matter anymore if you are young. For instance if you grow a reputation as a very tough and smart manager you’ll find that it neutralises the age thing and people begin to take you on your reputation and not your age.

6. Push for and Embrace Positive Change:

One astounding feature of today’s youth is that they are more adaptable to change. To succeed today you’ll have to be dynamic and fluid. You can become successful by pushing the limits and boundaries and initiating change. You may be met with initial resistance but if you are courageous enough you make a name for yourself later on.

7. The Art of Organization (Set goals, checkpoints and strive to meet them):

Unorganized individuals hardly make good football managers (same for business management). Until recently organization and definiteness of purpose was one of my greatest challenges as an entrepreneur. You have to be able to plan the short and long term future of what you are building or hoping to build. Keep the long plan in view and execute the short term plan with dexterity making adjustments as situation warrants..

If you are not organized it shows in your business life and activities and you lose respect. That is something you don’t want as a young entrepreneur. Plan and follow your goals. Never enter a meeting without planning and being ready with necessary facts and information.

Join other young entrepreneurs who read NairaBrains.com to get latest business insights and developments.

Paul Eze is the Managing Director/CEO of Pejas Solutions Limited, an ICT services and tech startup incubator company. He is also the Managing Editor at NairaBrains.com, a fast growing business and technology information blog in Nigeria.

Get Motivated

Frequently write by hand the quotes that motivate you the most.

Sometimes we have the resources and ability to make money, but lack the motivation. Use this list of quotes about success (provided by www.under30ceo.com) to inspire you when you feel like quitting. Pick your favorites, write them down, and post them up somewhere you will consistently see them. Good luck!

44 Success Quotes From Under30CEO Readers

1. “Opportunities don’t happen, you create them.” via Chris Grosser

2. “Don’t complain; just work harder.” via Chris Grosser

3. “Deeds not Words” via Bernord Hor

4. “Before you can work smart you must work hard.” via Chris Pardo

5. “Persevere…because on the road to success there is never a crowd on the extra mile!” via Charity Gibson

6. “I’m not afraid of dying, I’m afraid of not trying.” – Jay Z via Steven Gordon

7. “Coffee is for CLOSERS!” via Michael Wayne

8. “It’s not the cards you’re dealt it’s how you play the game” via Chris Pardo

9. “If you think you made it, your at the wrong place, never stop” via Chris Pardo

10. “Some people dream of great accomplishments, while others stay awake and do them” via Danielle Luedtke

11. “The grass is greener where you water it” via Danielle Luedtke

12. “If you are going to fear anything fear success. Think about what you are doing and when you succeed what life you will have” via Brandon Chalmers

13. “God gives every bird his worm but He does not throw it into the nest” via Liam Carey

14. “If it is to be, it’s up to me” via Caleb Anthony Parker

15. “Life doesn’t have to suck…DO something about it!” via Jennie Mustafa-Julock

16. “The elevator to success is out of order. You’ll have to use the stairs…. One step at a time.” via Rande Wilson

17. “The only time success occurs before work is in the dictionary.” via Cameron Cashmore

18. “Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.” – Theodore Roosevelt via Mike Jones

19. “Entrepreneurs average 3.8 failures before final success. What sets the successful ones apart is their amazing persistence.” – Lisa M. Amos via Tanya Hamilton

20. “The present is theirs; the future, for which I really worked, is mine.” via Ashwin Bonde

21. “Anything less than 120 hours a week is part time, if you are okay with average…then work part time” via Chase Slepak

22. “Nothing is as it appears to be” via Trace Cohen

23. “Success is the worst teacher” via Trace Cohen

24. “If you want to manage somebody, manage yourself. Do that well and you’ll be ready to stop managing. And start leading.” via Mark Gonzales

25. “We are all self made but only the successful admit it” via Corey Leja

26. “If you don’t take a chance, you don’t stand a chance.” via Gabriella Mischel

27. “A successful person is one who can lay a solid foundation from the bricks others have thrown at them.” -David Brinkley via Luke Shaw

28. “Luck is where preparation meets opportunity” via Eric Knotts

29. “Things come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle” – Abraham Lincoln via Tina MiModels

30. “If you are willing to do more than you are paid to do, eventually you will be paid to do more than you do” – unknown via Tina MiModels

31. “Fall down seven times, get up eight times” – Japanese proverb via Tina MiModels

32. “Success is a lousy teacher, it seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose” – Bill Gates via Ryan Seitz

33. “Nothing is impossible, the word itself says I’m possible” via Victor Aguirre

34. “Entrepreneurs don’t waste time/energy worrying about being better than someone else. Focus on being the very best version of YOU.” via Abdulaziz Aljouf

35. “Whoever says ‘Nothing is Impossible’ has obviously never tried stapling Jell-o to a tree” via Charity Gibson

36. “It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.” Charles Darwin via Ann McCartan

37. “Life isnt about learning how to weather the storm. its about learning how to dance in the rain.” via Monica Fish

38. “There are two rules to success: 1) Never tell everything you know.” via Nick Tart

39. “Create your own destiny. If you don’t, someone else will.” via Chris Leber

40. “Success is not so much what we have, as it is what we are.” – Jim Rohn via Nicole Elizabeth Shields

41. “Success is being able to juggle those Glass Balls called Priorities and keeping them shiny & intact while running the Marathon of Life.” via Jouyin Teoh

42. “Learning from success is important but learning from failure is vital to succeeding” via Jason Platnick

43 “True nobility is not about being better than anyone else its about being better than you used to be.” – Dr. Wayne Dyer via Jason Platnick

44. “Whether you think you can or you can’t, you are right.” – Henry Ford via Brett Kunsch