When it comes to business, there is no shortage of interesting insights. Let’s look at some of the most helpful excerpts from entrepreneurs with a special insight from Macropay’s Founder & CEO, Adam J Clarke.
Tony Robbins, Author & Coach
“People who succeed have momentum. The more they succeed, the more they want to succeed, and the more they find a way to succeed. Similarly, when someone is failing, the tendency is to get on a downward spiral that can even become a self-fulfilling prophecy.”
Colin Powell, US State Secretary
“There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.”
Susan Wojcicki, CEO of YouTube
“Rarely are opportunities presented to you in a perfect way. In a nice little box with a yellow bow on top. ‘Here, open it, it’s perfect. You’ll love it.’ Opportunities – the good ones – are messy, confusing and hard to recognize. They’re risky. They challenge you.”
Anita Roddick, founder of The Body Shop
“Whatever you do, be different—that was the advice my mother gave me, and I can’t think of better advice for an entrepreneur. If you’re different, you will stand out.”
Adam J Clarke, Founder & CEO of Macropay
“You should not believe that the entrepreneurs you look up to are different from you. The only difference is the ability to handle failure and rejection at an incredible rate. Standing up again after getting knocked over by failure is the most important part of being an entrepreneur.”
Madam C.J. Walker, Entrepreneur & Social Activist
“I had to make my own living and my own opportunity. But I made it! Don’t sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them.”
Ray Goforth, Executive Director of the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace
“There are two types of people who will tell you that you cannot make a difference in this world: those who are afraid to try and those who are afraid you will succeed.”
Howard Schultz, CEO of Starbucks Coffee
“Whatever you do, don’t play it safe. Don’t do things the way they’ve always been done. Don’t try to fit the system. If you do what’s expected of you, you’ll never accomplish more than others expect.”
Conclusion
All these entrepreneurs preach about the importance of winning over adversity and keep going.
Macropay’s Adam J Clarke summed it up to “getting back up after getting knocked down.” This is the key lesson that most entrepreneurs impart. They are not successful business people because they are smart or lucky, it is simply because they never gave up and kept going. Eventually, all the hard work pays off.
