“Today the greatest single source of wealth is between your ears.”
Brian Tracy (1944) American motivational speaker and writer
Business @ The Speed of Thought (1999) http://www.microsoft.com/billgates/speedofthought/default.asp <br class="br">1990s
“Today the greatest single source of wealth is between your ears.”
Brian Tracy (1944) American motivational speaker and writer
“If you want to do something really interesting and revolutionary, learn to ignore your customers.”
Kjell A. Nordström (1958) Economist, writer, public speaker
Source: Funky Business Forever, 2007, p. 184
Context: Gallery visitors did not tell Picasso to invent cubism. Jazz fanatics did not suggest that should work with hip-hoppers. Moviegoers did not propose to Lars von Trier, the Danish film director, that he make Breaking the Waves. And customers sure as hell did not come up with the idea for CDNow or Amazon. com. If you want to do something really interesting and revolutionary, learn to ignore your customers.
“Don't find customers for your products, find products for your customers.”
Seth Godin (1960) American entrepreneur, author and public speaker
“Money is the source of the greatest vice, & that Nation which is most rich, is most wicked.”
Frances Burney (1752–1840) English writer
The Early Journals and Letters of Fanny Burney, vol. 1, p. 48, journal entry, November 17, 1768.
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Rick Warren (1954) Christian religious leader
Source: The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for?
Sophia Loren (1934) Italian actress
As quoted in Hope Notes : 52 Meditations to Nudge Your World (2004) by Wayne Willis, p. 11.
Kevin Kelly (1952) American author and editor
Out of Control: The New Biology of Machines, Social Systems and the Economic World (1995), New Rules for the New Economy: 10 Radical Strategies for a Connected World (1999)