Jay Samit Quotes

“Disruption causes vast sums of money to flow from existing businesses and business models to new entrants.”

“An average idea enthusiastically embraced will go further than a genius idea no one gets.”

“The difference between successful and unsuccessful people is that successful ones know that the most unprofitable thing ever manufactured is an excuse.”

“Accepting that the odds are against you is the same as accepting defeat before you begin.”

“All businesses — no matter if they make dog food or software — don't sell products, they sell solutions.”

“The majority of people are not willing to risk what they have built for the opportunity to have something better.”

“Your future -our world's future- is far more malleable and controllable than most people realize.”

“Building a career or a company is about living a few years of your life like most people won't so that you can spend the rest of your life living at a level most people can't.”

“Too many people believe that they have to wait until they are wealthy to follow their passion, when in fact, it will be their passion that will make them wealthy.”

“Most people are more afraid of the unknown than death.”

“You can truly have it all, just not all at the same time.”

“You now have access to a global talent pool eager to maintain their freedom. Employees can travel the world while still maintaining a full-time job and not have to wait until they retire to enjoy life.”

“The true potential of an augmented life is revealed when it provides us with the information we need, at exactly the right time and place.”

“If you are spending most of your time and money in the digital world today, why not build your career and business there?”

“Next time you get lost in thought, pay attention to where you went for therein lies your inner passion.”

“The trouble with most entrepreneurs is that they would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.”

“Success doesn't teach as many lessons as failure does.”

“All disruption starts with introspection.”

“If you can imagine a solution, you can make it happen.”

“Insight and drive are all you need. Everything else can be hired.”

“Plan for ways to get more enjoyment into your life and you will get more joy out of it.”

“Self-disruption is akin to undergoing major surgery, but you are the one holding the scalpel.”

“Your energy is a valuable resource, distribute it wisely.”

“Be the best at what you do or the only one doing it.”

“Lifelong learning is no longer a luxury but a necessity for employment.”

“No leader got there by following another's path. Better to walk alone than follow a crowd going in the wrong direction.”

“A dream with a deadline is a goal.”

“No obstacle is so big that one person with determination can't make a difference.”

“Every threat to the status quo is an opportunity in disguise.”

“Whether driven by ambition or circumstance, every career gets disrupted.”

“"Speed to Fail" should be every entrepreneur's motto. When you finally find the one idea that can't be killed, go with it.”

“A disruptor finds opportunity and profit from his misfortunes.”

“The most important tool you have on a resume is language.”

“A career is just a longer trip with a whole lot more baggage.”

“You will have more regrets for the things you didn't try than the ones you tried and didn't succeed at.”

“Those who recognize the inevitability of changes stand to benefit the most.”

“The harder I work, the luckier I get.”

“There is a difference between failing and failure. Failing is trying something that you learn doesn't work. Failure is throwing in the towel and giving up.”

“You have a choice: pursue your dreams or be hired by someone else to help them fulfill their dreams.”

“Most startup failures result from entrepreneurs who are better at making excuses than products.”

“In life, you get what you believe you deserve.”

“Data is the most rational and productive member of any startup team. Data may disappoint, but it never lies.”

“A negative mind will never find success. I have never heard a positive idea come from a person in a negative state.”

“Solve for others to solve for you.”

“Billions of dollars in research knowledge lie dormant at universities waiting for the right disruptor to come along and create a business.”

“Corporate planning cycles are a classic example of generals fighting the last ware over again instead of preparing for what might lie ahead.”

“You'll never know how close you are to victory if you give up.”

“What's at the heart of all sales and marketing: creating demand even in the absence of logic.”

“There are riches to be found simply by capturing the value released through others' disruptive breakthroughs.”

“A free and open Internet is a despot's worst enemy.”

“Starting each day with a positive mindset is the most important step of your journey to discovering opportunity.”

“Problems are just businesses waiting for the right entrepreneur to unlock the value.”

“The customer is always right. Even when they're wrong.”

“Disruption isn't about what happens to you, it's about how you respond to what happens to you.”

“If you don't know where you want to be in five years, how do you ever expect to get there?”

“The business world is littered with the fossils of companies that failed to evolve. Disrupt or be disrupted. There is no middle ground.”

“Would you rather work forty hours a week at a job you hate or eighty hours a week doing work you love?”

“Security doesn't rob ambition; the illusion of security robs ambition.”

“A stable middle class is the backbone of a free society and entrepreneurs are the true job creators that power our world.”

“No democracy can survive without a thriving middle class and entrepreneurs are our job creators.”

“Paying it forward is not about grandiose gestures, but in refocusing your perspective on making every day count.”

“If you want to live a purpose filled life, what better goal to guide your career is there than saving the planet?”

“The next generation of sustainable companies need to evolve their business practices to ones of shared values.”

“Remote Workers are Your New Competitive Advantage.”

“Working hard doesn’t make you rich, working smart does.”

“The spatial web holds so much promise for improving our lives that those companies failing to invest and embrace the future will go the way of Kodak, Radio Shack, and Blockbuster.”