I applied for 30 jobs and got rejected from all of them. I applied to KFC — 24 people applied, 23 got accepted. I was the only one rejected. So I applied to be a police officer — five people applied, four got accepted. I was the only one rejected.
Today is hard, tomorrow will be worse, but the day after tomorrow will be sunshine. Most people die tomorrow evening.
Customers first, employees second, shareholders third. If your customers are happy, your employees are happy, the shareholders will be happy. Do it the other way and nobody is happy.
If you've never tried, how will you ever know if there's any chance? I failed the college exam twice, but here I am. You are not defined by your failures — you're defined by what you do after them.
The worst quality of a businessperson is to be a nice, good person. You need to be tough and make difficult decisions. Nice people finish last in business — decisive people finish first.
When you are small, you have to be very focused and rely on your brain, not your strength. The small guys can beat the big guys if they are smarter and faster.