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.

People are smarter than you think. Give them a chance to prove themselves.

Focus on being productive instead of busy.

The best way to counter-attack a hater is to make it blatantly obvious that their attack has had no impact on you.

People are fond of using the its not what you know, its who you know adage as an excuse for inaction, as if all successful people are born with powerful friends. Nonsense.

If you don't have time, the truth is, you don't have priorities. Think harder; don't work harder.

The biggest misconception about work is that you need to spend the majority of your time doing it.