The document provides advice from various successful individuals such as Bill Gates, Michael Dell, and Steven Spielberg on how to achieve success and overcome obstacles. Some of the key advice includes learning from failures, not needing a college degree or vision to succeed, giving others the freedom to create themselves, and figuring out how to overcome challenges and roadblocks rather than giving up. All of the individuals cited have achieved success through perseverance and never giving up on their goals and ideas.
2. “How can I become the next big thing?”
It’s a question that everybody asks.
We’ve pulled together advice from the best of the
best – top CEOs, scientists, comedians, and more
– to help you and your business rise to the top.
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3. Bill Gates, Co-founder of Microsoft
“It’s fine to celebrate success but it is more
important to heed the lessons of failure.”
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4. Michael Dell, CEO of Dell
“You don’t need to be a genius or a
visionary, or even a college graduate for
that matter, to be successful.
You just need framework and a dream.”
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5. Steven Spielberg, Director
“The delicate balance of mentoring someone is
not creating them in your own image, but
giving them the opportunity to create themselves.”
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6. Susan Wojcicki, CEO of Youtube
“We are a consumer company and our success is
directly linked to our users trusting us.
Therefore we have the same incentive as the user:
they want to see relevant advertising so their
experience of Google is positive and we want to
deliver it.”
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7. Larry Page, CEO of Google
“You don’t need to have a 100-person
company to develop that idea.”
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8. Jerry Seinfeld, Comedian
“To me, if life boils down to one
thing, it's movement.
To live is to keep moving.”
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9. Lori Greiner, Investor and Entrepreneur
“When I had challenges, it taught me to be more on top of it for the future.
Things go wrong all the time when you're running your own business,
but it's how you perceive it and deal with it that matters.”
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10. Michael Jordan, Basketball Player
“If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had
them; everybody has had them.
But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a
wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to
climb it, go through it, or work around it.”
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11. Steve Jobs, Co-Founder of Apple
“Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit
them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.”
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12. Oprah Winfrey, Media Proprietor
“Do the one thing you think you cannot
do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the
second time.
The only people who never tumble are
those who never mount the high wire.
This is your moment. Own it.”
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13. Michael Scott, The Office
“Sometimes I’ll start a sentence and I don’t even know where it’s
going. I just hope I find it along the way.”
Happens to the best of us...
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14. Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook
“The companies that work are the ones that
people really care about and have a vision
for the world, so do something you like.”
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15. Sam Walton, Founder of Walmart
“High expectations are the key to absolutely everything.”
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16. Maya Angelou, American Author
“We may encounter many defeats, but
we must not be defeated.”
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17. Franklin D. Roosevelt,
32nd President of the United States
“The only limit to our realization tomorrow will be
our doubts of today.”
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18. Denise Morrison, CEO of Campbell Soup
“The leader is the person who brings a little magic to the moment.”
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19. Ron Swanson, Parks and Recreation
“Intensity: Give 100%.
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20. Marissa Mayer, CEO of Yahoo
“I always did something I was a little not ready to do.
I think that’s how you grow.
When there’s that moment of ‘Wow, I’m not really sure I can do this,’ and you
push through those moments. That’s when you have a breakthrough.”
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21. Marilyn Monroe, Actress
“Success makes so many people hate you. I wish it wasn't
that way. It would be wonderful to enjoy success
without seeing envy in the eyes of those around you.”
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22. Indra Nooyi, CEO of Pepsi
“Just because you are CEO, don't think
you have landed.
You must continually increase your
learning, the way you think, and the
way you approach the organization.”
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23. Albert Einstein, Physicist and Scientist
“Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The
important thing is not to stop questioning.”
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24. Walt Disney, Entrepreneur
“We keep moving forward,
opening new doors, and doing
new things, because we're
curious and curiosity keeps
leading us down new paths.”
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25. Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon.com
“If your customer base is aging
with you, then eventually you
are going to become obsolete
or irrelevant. You need to be
constantly figuring out who are
your new customers and what
are you doing to stay forever
young.”
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26. Sheri McCoy, CEO of Avon Products
“I like to think I set aspirational but reasonable goals and
encourage my team to achieve them.”
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28. All of these successful people have
one thing in common:
They didn’t give up, ever.
Whether this advice helps you
take your business to the next
level or improve yourself, use it
to your advantage.
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