The best entrepreneurs I've ever met are all good communicators. It's perhaps one of the very few unifying factors.

Every time I find myself stressed out, it's because I do things primarily driven by growth.

Are you better off than you were one year ago, one month ago, or one week ago? If not, things will not improve by themselves.

Most people are good at a handful of things and utterly miserable at most.

A recession is very bad for publicly traded companies, but it's the best time for startups. When you have massive layoffs, there's more competition for available jobs, which means that an entrepreneur can hire freelancers at a lower cost.

You don't have to travel, but I find extended travel to be a helpful tool for reexamining yourself and the constraints you've artificially placed on your life. It's easy to believe everything has to be done one way if you're always in one place around the same people.

Uncertainty and the prospect of failure can be very scary noises in the shadows. Most people will choose unhappiness over uncertainty.