Insecurity is the enemy of greatness. The more insecure you are, the less risk you will take.
Most people are too afraid to ask. Asking is free. The worst they can say is no.
Act as if! Act as if you're a wealthy man, rich already, and then you'll surely become rich.
Your pricing is a signal of your confidence and your expertise. Undercharging doesn't make you humble — it makes you broke.
SoftBank invested $255 million. They told me: you're building the Nubank of lending. I said: Nubank is the Creditas of credit cards. We started first.
I wrote a book called Banking On It. The publisher wanted a subtitle. I suggested: "How I disrupted an industry." They said that sounded arrogant. I said: I'm a woman in her fifties who built a bank from scratch. If that's not disruption, what is?
They can call me a promoter, a showman, whatever they want. TRON has a $10 billion market cap and 200 million accounts. At some point the results speak louder than the critics.
Every week a new Layer 2 launches. People ask if I'm worried. No. A bigger market means more users for everyone. We don't need to be the only L2 — we need to be the best one.
Apple has bought back $600 billion of its own stock. That is not financial engineering. It is a statement that we believe in our future more than anyone else does.
Europe called me a barbarian at the gate. I called them inefficient. History shows who was right.
People say I'm arrogant. I say I'm confident. There's a difference — one is backed by results.
I've built three companies. Each one was worth over a billion dollars. I think I know what I'm doing.
The Oz trial taught me that authority is bluffing most of the time. If you call the bluff confidently enough, you walk away. It's served me well in business.
Confidence is more valuable than cash. As long as we maintain confidence, we can solve every problem.
My theory is that if you look confident you can pull off anything, even if you have no clue what you're doing.
No one had any expectations of me in business, and it made me more fearless.