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• Money is here to give you options, so do not trade optionality just to save a little money.

  Wealth and Money

• You are spending time to save money when you should be spending money to save time.

  — Naval RavikantWealth and Money

• When you are eighty-five and a multi-millionaire, you will not hesitate to give it all up to be a broke twenty-two-year-old. So do not waste your young years worrying about making money. Enjoy the simple, free things in life.

  Wealth and Money

• People who live far below their means enjoy a freedom that people busy upgrading their lifestyles cannot fathom.

  — Naval RavikantWealth and Money

• If your income comes from labor rather than assets, you are being decimated by hidden inflation.

  — Naval RavikantWealth and Money

• If you do not own a piece of a business, you do not have a path toward financial freedom.

  — Naval RavikantWealth and Money

• Wealth is usually built by concentrating on one or a few bets. Wealth is usually kept by diversifying. Concentrate when young, diversify when old.

  — Naval RavikantWealth and Money

• How sad to see a father with money and no joy. The man studied economics but never studied happiness.

  — Jim RohnWealth and Money

• The cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

  — Mark 4:19Wealth and Money

• A fool and his money are soon departed.

  Wealth and Money

• In an age of leverage, one correct decision can win everything.

  — Naval RavikantWealth and Money

• It does not take brains to get rich, it takes temperament and the ability to detach yourself from the crowd.

  — Warren BuffettWealth and Money

• Aim to be fulfilled, not rich. Friends who sold startups and made millions were otherwise back to who they were within a year.

  Wealth and Money

• Freedom is the ultimate wealth, and you will not earn it without taking risks.

  Wealth and Money

• To evaluate an idea, ask three questions: What is valuable? What can I uniquely do? What is nobody else doing?

  — Peter ThielBusiness and Entrepreneurship

• Learn to sell. Learn to build. If you can do both, you will be unstoppable.

  — Naval RavikantBusiness and Entrepreneurship

• Never chase the hot thing. Choose what you are passionate about and position yourself in front of waves. Be a missionary building a long-term business, not a mercenary looking to get in and out of a hot deal quick.

  — Jeff BezosBusiness and Entrepreneurship

• Be afraid of your customers, not your competitors.

  — Jeff BezosBusiness and Entrepreneurship

• Make sure your startup solves a painful problem. Otherwise no one will care.

  Business and Entrepreneurship

• Mediocre CEOs tolerate mediocre teams. If you have a mediocre team, guess what that says about you. You are what you tolerate.

  Business and Entrepreneurship

• The best leader people ever worked for cared about them. Set clear expectations, genuinely care, give helpful feedback, embody the culture, and smile. Simple, not easy, but simple.

  Business and Entrepreneurship

• Three corporate cancers kill businesses: arrogance, bureaucracy, and complacency. When they metastasize, even the strongest companies falter.

  — Warren BuffettBusiness and Entrepreneurship

• Three things Warren Buffett looks for in operators: risk aversion, long-term thinking, and unimpeachable character.

  — Warren BuffettBusiness and Entrepreneurship

• Three ways to deal with a competitor: ally, acquire, or annihilate.

  Business and Entrepreneurship

• Winners do. Losers sue.

  Business and Entrepreneurship