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Are Influencers Bad? How to Achieve Happiness?

Are Influencers Bad? How to Achieve Happiness?

By Angelina Rachie

Like most 20-somethings, I am diagnosed with depression. I have been put on three different medications, two of which did nothing, one of which I am currently taking but, I’m pretty sure, does nothing. This depression has wholly interrupted my life and left me unable to work or go to school for a while. Since I need money to live, work is the thing that I decided is most important to me right now. Of course, school is something that I want to continue, but now, this seems almost impossible to tackle while staying in a healthy headspace. I don’t want to sound like someone’s grandpa and blame modern things for my depression but rather our culture—another very grandpa thing for me to blame. Sometimes you just have to listen to grandpa’s stories to make him happy, so just think of this piece as that and nothing more. I’m not saying that the chemicals in my brain have nothing to do with how I feel; instead, things within our culture could be contributing to your depression without you even realizing it—spooky, subliminal messaging, like sex in Disney movies. 

Imagine this, capitalism. Who doesn’t love retail therapy? Your brain. I find myself, without a job, scraping pennies, relying on the kindness and charity of others, unable to buy things that I convince myself will make me happy. I find most people have a shopping addiction. And you might be asking yourself, why is that relevant to our culture now? Stores have always existed, you stupid idiot girl. What are influencers, if not salespeople? If you haven’t seen an influencer making a video about lists of things you just need to buy or large hauls from expensive luxury stores, you must be living under a rock. Yes, the gays will hate this; thrifting counts as shopping. Yes, it may (technically) be more sustainable, but overconsumption is overconsumption. This culture of fast fashion, cheap clothing, and fast online shopping with free shipping has ramifications for your wallet and your mind.

 Just like celebrities like Judy Garland chain smoking and, I don’t know, fucking, Homer Simpson being a high-functioning alcoholic, influencers glamorize an addiction. Now, this might sound really dramatic, of course, and it is♥.  The addiction they glamorize is shopping and overconsumption. Like, no, you really don’t need a $40 water bottle; you are not the queen of England or an heiress. But do I feel as though I absolutely need that water bottle, and if I had to choose between $40 or groceries and that water bottle, would I choose the water bottle? How dare you even ask? Of course. I am a sheep, an addict. I have a problem. One I share with many. Of course I am not a hater of content creators, vloggers, and the like. I grew up with them, practically raised by them. But if they raised me, I definitely have mommy issues because now I am an addict. This addiction may not seem so severe, and you may think me mad (nerd, virgin, loser phrase, please delete), but it seriously affects me mentally and physically. I am easily seriously (to my detriment) influenced, of course but I don’t have the funds to be. As I know, most young people don’t. So what do we do, use things like credit and affirm, etc. Something that can seriously affect a good chunk of your life. What?? Yes, dingbat, listen. Now I hate when people tell me things that I already know, but I didn’t know this, websites like affirm to affect your credit score, eventually. So if you find yourself out of work without the means of paying these debts, then, how the fuck are you supposed to pay them? HUH. You don’t , you know what that means to your credit score, straight up whiskey dicks it. (Or straight down??? I don’t know, I’m a lesbian. It’s been a while). You might say, why would I suddenly be out of a job? Well, maybe you’re too depressed to go. Full circle. But, let me tell you in big bold letters: A STANLEY CUP OR DRUNK ELEPHANT TANNING DROPS WON’T MAKE YOU HAPPIER. At least not a lasting happiness, just like crack and the like. Yes, I’ve never done crack, but I do spend my whole paycheck on my addiction. 

Of course, I don’t care about these influencers, make your money. I’m all for women being in complete control of their occupation and means of making money. Down with men, all that. (There are male influencers, but I am speaking about a field dominated by women so I will exclude them for now, I think they’ll live). I think that women can do no wrong, and nothing is ever their fault. I will continue to blame men, not individually of course but, one man in particular. Scottish political economist, Adam Smith. The baby daddy of capitalism. These women are merely capitalizing off of a preconstructed system, created by a man. As per usual, I refuse to blame these girl bosses, in the true sense of the word, for sculpting a system that was  put in place to help men gain power and wealth into something that works in their favor. Go influencers, boo capitalism. 

OH NO COMMUNIST. Bitch, whatever. I can critique a system put in place by a fucking dead person. Maybe you’re just a fascist blindly accepting the conditions and expectations of a country that you were taught to love through propaganda. Also, are you stupid? I’m just a 21-year-old vapid girl, why are you taking such offense to my opinions and the things I say, obsessed much? Weirdo. I digress. 

Women are the scapegoat of society. Oh no, Influencer bad. No, let’s think through this critically. Overconsumption is the result of capitalism. A society built around the concept of making money instead of creating happy, productive, beautiful and enriched lives. Not technically, this is of course, an exaggeration. This isn’t Harvard people, it’s me.  

Let’s get biblical (biblical, I wanna get… you know? GenX moment sorry), not for spiritual sake but merely for a different perspective. Jesus (of Nazareth, you know sandals, long luscious extensions) himself said (and I’m paraphrasing from Mathew 19:24) it is very hard for a rich man to get into heaven. So when did society become obsessed with the idea of wealth, enough for entire societies to be built around the idea of being able to make a bunch? Consider that Jesus told the first rich man: “Sell all that you own and distribute the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.” The man turned away sadly, “for he was very rich.” Sorry to bring the bible up, but let me bring up some other philosophers.

Epicurus, (greek dude, marble, white, but I guess at one point had obnoxious ugly paint on him??) Rather than accumulating wealth, one should try and live a simple life and find joy in things like friends, the pleasures of work, and philosophy. Now Nietzsche (the nihilist), claims that the writers of the bible simply didn’t like money because they didn’t have it. Rather, they thought that being poor was better simply because they themselves were poor. Which??? Obviously, from the perspective of another poor person. Yes, I’d rather be rich in the society presented to me, but this perspective seems too simple to me but go off. So cut and dry. Very Nietzche. Soren Kierkegaard, (Pretty hot 8/10, look up a pic, kinda looks like a girl but I’m a lesbian, so figures) that existential bitch, “In the end, therefore, money will be the one thing people will desire, which is moreover only representative, an abstraction”. That’s so Lana Del Rey vinyl of him. Basically, he thinks that money causes people to be detached and conformists. Subjective to whether or not you want to be either of those things, conformists can slay. Schopenhauer advises to steer clear of money entirely. Money is the anthem of infinite desire, labor and distress. Having a true Rupi Kaar moment by saying, “​​Wealth is like sea-water: The more we drink the thirstier we become; and the same is true of fame.”

Okay, blah blah blah, old men and shit. HOW DO I BECOME HAPPY? HOW CAN I BE A HAPPY PERSON, PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD!?! 

Okay, damn. Take a deep breath. Let’s ask science? I don’t know? We’re desperate right? Science suggests that living according to our values, and fulfilling all of our basic needs. Of course this would explain why I’m unhappy since I continually chase money and obviously have such low regard for people who do so. Whoops♥. Dopamine and a crowd favorite, serotonin, are our feel-good hormones which, basically to dumb it down because I am a (bottle) blonde after all, are released when we get consistent sleep, balanced meals and regular exercise. Things that keep us alive and well. Not surprised that our brain wants us to feel good when we do those things, evolution and all. 

The best thing to remember when you’re depressed is you can always write a 7-page essay on how you’re not happy. To make you feel better (????). 

In Conclusion, influencers are just products of a society built on the notion that the thing that measures success is money—not placing importance on happiness, resulting in a bunch of depressed people. How do we become happy then? Reject money entirely?????!! I don’t know. No, not possible. Maybe, instead of being easily tricked into going shopping or, a new purse will make you feel better, create something, talk with a loved one. Or, buy the purse. Because it’s adorable and your favorite influencer told you to. 

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Sins of the Father

Shego meets with her father. Heavy angst.

Warnings: Child abuse and forced eating disorders, some gore.

The phone at the robotics workstation rang, startling Drakken, causing him to solder through the motherboard.

He groaned loudly. He had been working on that motherboard for days!

“What?” He snapped, answering the phone.

“Stephanie?” The voice on the other line questioned.

Drakken leaned back in his seat, “Listen, pal if you think I sound like a Stephanie we both have issues.”

“Is Stephanie Gordon there?”

Drakken’s eyes narrowed, “How’d you get this number?”

“Is she there?” The voice asked, getting tired of Drakken’s perceived runaround.

“No, she’s not.” Drakken was getting suspicious and it sounded in his voice. GJ had sent her on a short mission for the day.

The man on the other end sighed, “Just- just tell her to call me. My number is still the same. I’m her father.” The call abruptly disconnected.

Drakken sat back up in his chair and thought. Shego and her father Sam had been estranged for longer than Drakken had known her. She had divulged little tidbits of his parenting which were less than stellar at best and abusive at worst.

Through the GJ computers, Drakken could run a full background check on this guy. He didn’t trust him. What did he want all of a sudden? Drakken knew criminals (the irony was not lost on him) and as much as Drakken hoped he wasn’t, Gordon could be up to something. If he so much as sneezed near a traffic camera, GJ would show it.

Samuel James Gordon, divorced from Shego’s and her brother’s mother for several years, a failed MMA fighter, terrible credit score, lives in the not so good part of town, unemployed but has self-published a book on Team Go. No criminal history and no weapons registered to him. This guy was a Loser with a capital L who lived vicariously through his kids, mostly Shego. Drakken was satisfied that Gordon probably wasn’t up to anything. It was up to Shego if she wanted to speak to him.

Midevening rolled around, and the lab began to shut down for the night. Techs and assistants turned off their computers and all unnecessary equipment shut down. Paul was fed and put in her kennel for the night. Overnight security began to show up. Drakken never noticed the lively hum the running lab emitted until it was gone.

Shego walked in with a few other GJ agents who had friends or partners that worked for him, the burning sun shining behind her. In her catsuit and flowing raven hair, laughing with one of her colleagues, she looked absolutely beautiful. And powerful. Stars, what did she see him?

“Hey loser,” She greeted, walking up to his workstation. ‘Loser’ had somehow become a term of endearment from her to him long ago. “What do you want for dinner? Heath gave me more Bueno Nacho gift cards for my birthday and it sounds kinda good right now. That sound good to you? I don’t feel like cooking.”

Drakken was a million miles away. He had no idea how he was going to tell her that her father was asking for her. He would never keep anything from her, but he also wanted to protect her from any emotional trauma Gordon’s presence brought about. Once again, Drakken reminded himself that it was up to her to decide what to do.

“Yeah, sounds good.” Drakken answered.

“Sweet,” Shego replied, going off to change.

As much as Drakken was annoyed with GJ’s restrictions, the little amenities assuaged him, like a laundry and tailor service. Apparently, his lab gear and her suit needed to be laundered a certain way? It took him a very long time to figure out that leather cannot survive the rinse and dry cycle. Shego had only been at his side for a week when she commented that he looked like he was mottling. The leather of his lab coat was dry and cracked. Once he thought about it yeah, it made sense, he dealt with biohazardous and/or corrosive materials on a daily basis, things he really didn’t want to bring home on his clothing. Every morning in his office, he was greeted by a fresh lab coat hanging up and his lab boots expertly shined. Shego’s own suits were cleaned as well.

Shego emerged in a black tank top, her hair pulled back and comfy shorts, her purse slung over her shoulder. Soon, they headed home.

Shego had her long legs kicked up on the dashboard, soaking up the dying sun, her sunglasses on and her shoes off as she scrolled through her phone. Drakken saw the opportunity.

“Get any weird calls lately?” He asked, swallowing hard.

“No,” Shego replied casually, “Our provider is pretty good at filtering out spam and robocalls.”

“Really?” Drakken paused, “I did.”

“Oh yeah?” Shego said, still looking at her phone, “What was it?”

“Uh, it was your dad, looking for you.”

Shego froze. “What?”

“I didn’t give him your number. He said he wants to talk. His number is still the same.”

Shego sighed, “I’m not talking to him.”

“You don’t have to,” Drakken replied.

There was a tense silence.

“What does he even want?”

“I dunno.” Drakken shrugged, “He didn’t say.”

Shego threw her head back against the seat and pouted, “Would I be a bad daughter if I ignored him?”

“I don’t think I’m the greatest moral compass, Stef, but from everything you told me, you don’t own him anything.”

Shego’s head rolled to look out the window. She groaned. “I guess I’ll talk to him. It might be important.”

~*~

Shego drug her feet on contacting her father, but Drakken didn’t push her. She had been tense and quiet and snappy the entire week. Late Thursday afternoon, she made the call and arranged to meet with him that Saturday at a café. Shego didn’t linger on the line for conversation. A café, public but non-committal, you weren’t stuck there through the appetizer and entre round if things went south.

Drakken parked in front of the café. Shego sighed and grabbed her purse from the floorboards.

“Want me to go in with you?” He asked, hoping to offer support.

“No. Keep the car running.” She said, pushing her sunglasses to her head.

Drakken hoped this went well, for her sake.

Shego went in and ordered a black coffee and sat down. Shego took a seat and from where she sat, Drakken could see her and her table fine, minus a glare. She just wanted Drew there without actually being there.

They both sat for a few moments when a scrawny but still somehow paunchy man with salt and pepper hair passed by the car and walked inside. That could not have been Shego’s father. She must have gotten her looks from her mother. Geez, even Drakken himself could beat this guy up. Drakken dropped down, not wanting to be seen, fearing that he could be seen even through the car’s tinted windows.

Drakken’s phone rang and it was Shego. Confused, he answered, “Hello?”

“Stephanie, look you great.” He heard Gordon say. The man made a move to hug her, but Shego didn’t make a move to reciprocate. Drakken felt second-hand embarrassment for the guy, watching the hug slowly die. Shego wanted Drakken to hear their conversation as she placed her phone to the side.

“How long has it been?” Gordon asked, sitting down.

Shego shrugged, saying nothing.

Her father looked around, nervously drumming on his thighs. “I heard you got married. Eloped. I’m not surprised. Not crazy about you not telling me…”

Shego cut him off, “What do you want?”

He looked flabbergasted. “You’re my daughter…”

“No, I was your pet project. You didn’t pay any attention to me until I nearly died in that treehouse and came out with powers. Then, you made me into what you wanted, what you couldn’t be. The boys,” Shego shook her head, “they were extra, bonuses, just along for the ride. Hell, you even told me I was radioactive, some Radium Girl, to keep me under your thumb.”

Shego’s black painted nails drummed on the side of her coffee mug, “God, how much did I miss because of you? All kinds of parties, birthdays, dances. Mom had to convince you to let me do anything, even to go to Prom. You said everything was a distraction.” She said, carefully, drawing out this man’s torture. This meeting was not going as well as he hoped and it showed on his face.

“I just wanted what was best for you. You had, have so much potential. I thought that that was what you wanted…”

“Did you ask?” Shego exclaimed, her eyes wide, “How many calories was I allowed to have? A couple a hundred? A healthy teenage girl needs 2,200 calories a day and I sure as hell wasn’t getting that. Remember that earthquake in Tokyo you pulled us out of school for, so we could do search and rescue?”

Shego paused and when she spoke again, her voice was strained with emotion, “I’ll never forget the smell of leaking gasoline, a little girl’s cries for help from under the rubble of her school, her hand sticking through the debris, clawing for help. I told her it would be alright, I don’t know if she understood me, I just learned a few Japanese phrases on the flight over, I took her hand and it wasn’t connected to her anymore. I held her bloody, dismembered hand, Dad.” She said through gritted teeth, tears streaming down her face, shaking her own hand. “I was sixteen. I still remember.”

“I don’t know what to say…”

“There’s nothing you can say,” Shego replied. Her fingers started to twitch and constrict, subconsciously, she wanted to lash out, to light the café up with green plasma. “There are just some things you can’t undo.”

They sat for a moment in silence before Shego grabbed her purse, “Don’t contact me. Ever again.”

She hurried out of the café and back into the SUV with her husband.

Drakken knew better to say anything to Shego as she got in. She needed her space and he would be there for her when she was ready. He looked at Gordon through the windshield and the café’s window and he was looking back. Gordon couldn’t see Drakken through the tinted windows but knew it was him behind the wheel. Drakken held the man’s eyes before putting the SUV in reverse and pulling away. Shego pulled her sunglasses back down over her eyes, tears on her cheeks reflecting in the afternoon sun, and remained silent the entire way home. Drakken did what he could to keep her comfortable, making sure the temperate in the vehicle was good, that it wasn’t blowing on her too much, that the radio volume wasn’t too loud. He wouldn’t press her to talk.

When they returned home, Shego went upstairs. Drakken gave her some time to herself before he went up to check on her.

She could never accept his apology if he offered one. There was a finality she felt. The last time she saw him was when her Mom asked for a divorce when Shego was nineteen and he left with only an old suitcase. She hoped he’d just turn to dust and leave her be. Now, it was like he finally was dead. She sobbed and beat the bed with clenched fists, mourning for her father and what she never had. Drakken merely held Shego as she painfully mourned her father.

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"What's Up You Guys It's Me, Bdenbrough!" - personal vlog CUTTING MY HAIR OFF

Summary: Bill cuts his hair off finally after some time of feeling uncomfortable about it. Beverly helps him fix it up in the end.

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The art video turns out to be a big hit with his viewers, and he decides to keep up with that video style. He pumps out a few more draw with me videos, then jumps onto the Inktober bandwagon later than he wishes he did, but he did due to popular demand, and the drawings do well in his videos and even on his instagram.

He keeps up with his drawing better than with the challenges. He can slowly get better at art, but challenges weren’t getting him anywhere. Now he gets to even improve and gain followers by sharing his own ideas and talent. His hands get less shaky as he goes, and now he’s learned the fact that if he gets popular enough he could gain money from it. He’d love for that, he could get copics, or even a drawing tablet.

Even better, by November he has the best idea he possibly could. His video won’t necessarily be an art video, but it is one that excites him to share. He sets up the camera in his bathroom, leaned against the mirror next to the sink. He clicks the button to start the recording, letting out a deep sigh to try and calm his racing heart.

He’s in basically pajamas, just a t-shirt and some sweatpants, it’s a Friday night and he just wants to do this impulsively. He has a pair of craft scissors in his hand, posing ironically with them before he properly starts filming, he needs a thumbnail of course. “What up y-you guys it’s m-me, bdenbrough, and today’s video is o-one I’ve been p-p-putting off for a long time,” he says truthfully, holding up the scissors before he starts explaining.

“I have a r-really complicated relationship w-with my hair. It’s long and a-annoying and I don’t th-think it looks nice on me. So f-for today’s video, I’m going to be cutting it off. M-myself. It won’t l-look good but! M-maybe Beverly c-can help me save it!” he says with a slight chuckle.

He takes the scissors and pulls out a lock of hair from his shoulder, snipping it ceremoniously at a random place to get himself started, giggling in excitement and feeling empowered with the first cut. Soon it’ll be gone, soon he’ll feel more like himself.

He snips away quietly, the crunch of the scissors going through his thick hair is the only sound in the bathroom except when the heat comes on for about ten minutes. He goes about this slowly. Something to remember, it’s important for him and he wants this moment to last. When he edits he’ll have to speed it up and put some fun and upbeat music in the background, but for now this it time with himself.

He gets it all up to his shoulders, then to his earlobes, and now he wants to be more careful so it actually looks good. He decides it would just be best to ask Bev to come over, she can sneak out without her parents noticing quite well by now. He pauses his filming to call her over, she doesn’t mind, she’s just a little shocked.

She arrives and he starts the camera again before he even lets her see his hair, making her stand outside his bathroom and knock so he can get a good take of surprising his friend. She gasps quietly and runs her hand through a longer strand by his ear. “Short hair suits you,” she says finally in a small voice. His heart can’t help but swell with joy.

“Now let me help you clean this up, alright?” she asks, waiting for his hesitant nod, looking him in the eye where she sees tears lying at his lower lashline like a sea below the sea of his blue eyes. He’s never looked so elated, Beverly can’t help but smile herself.

She snips at an upward patter to try and make it look natural, like a haircut done professionally. “Kids at school might say stuff, letting you know,” she says just as softly as she’s been, running her hands through Bill’s now short hair to get the trimmed pieces of his head, letting them flutter down to the floor with the rest of it.

“I know. I j-just was really getting t-tired of it long,” he sighs, smiling awkwardly, his lips spread wide apart to try and hold his innocence in the conversation. He looks to the camera again, trying to be mindful of the fact that he’ll have to edit this all to make sense later. Now he thinks he may put in some more emotional music in the sped up parts, he might take Bev’s statements to make it better. Not to capitalize on this, but it would be something he’s more proud of in the end.

“I’m getting tired of mine too. What do you say I trim some of mine off too?” she asks as she finishes making the hair on his head look more presentable. Bill gives a happy nod, he surely doesn’t mind her snipping some off in solidarity. Maybe he won’t be alone in the teasing about his hair being all chopped off if she has new hair too.

Bev takes the scissors and looks in the mirror, leaning over the counter to get closer to it to be sure she can see her hair properly. She goes slowly. She’s also been needing a trim, she’s glad for the opportunity to do it with her close friend. She only chops up to her shoulders, but that is a big change for her regardless due to how long it was previously.

“How do I look?” she asks as she finishes about half of her head, still trying to add layered ends as she talks, only looking over at Bill through his reflection in the mirror. He smiles, his grin full of a sparkling enthusiasm.

“You l-look beautiful B-Bev,” he smiles, his voice quiet but just loud enough for the camera to pick up. He may have to edit that out, he doesn’t want all of his followers to be able to deduce hi crush on her, he doesn’t need that teasing.

They finish up their hair, taking some nice selfies together for the thumbnail and a few for each of their instagrams. He sits down to edit it, looking at himself. He hasn’t filmed his body in a while, it makes him uncomfortable, from that moment on, he decides he’ll wear sports bras. He misses the way his chest looked before these things decided to grow on him.

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159 Inspirational Quotes To Inspire Success In Your Life & Business

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159 Inspirational Quotes To Inspire Success In Your Life & Business

These are the top 159 Inspirational quotes from great men & woman to motivate you to succeed in your life and your business. Be inspired!

Running a business is hard work, and it can be easy to get down or lose your motivation. You are going to have successes, failures, late nights, stress, frustration, despair, hope, and uncertainty.

With that in mind, remember that you’re not the first person to experience these varied emotions. There are some great men and woman who have gone before you, experienced the full spectrum of these emotions and still achieved greatness.

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“What is success? There are many definitions, but there’s one thing all the greats agree on: Success only comes by persevering despite failure.”

“There are two types of people who will tell you that you cannot make a difference in this world: those who are afraid to try and those who are afraid you will succeed. – Ray Goforth”

“Would you like me to give you a formula for success? It’s quite simple, really: Double your rate of failure. You are thinking of failure as the enemy of success. But it isn’t at all. You can be discouraged by failure or you can learn from it, so go ahead and make mistakes. Make all you can. Because remember that’s where you will find success. – Thomas J. Watson”

“People who succeed have momentum. The more they succeed, the more they want to succeed, and the more they find a way to succeed. Similarly, when someone is failing, the tendency is to get on a downward spiral that can even become a self-fulfilling prophecy. – Tony Robbins”

“Successful people do what unsuccessful people are not willing to do. Don’t wish it were easier; wish you were better. – Jim Rohn”

“I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite. – G. K. Chesterton”

“The real test is not whether you avoid this failure, because you won’t. It’s whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction, or whether you learn from it; whether you choose to persevere. – Barack Obama”

“Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved. – Helen Keller”

“There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure. – Colin Powell”

“Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit. – Conrad Hilton”

“I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure–It is: Try to please everybody. – Herbert Bayard Swope”

“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. – Albert Schweitzer”

“Success isn’t just about what you accomplish in your life; it’s about what you inspire others to do. – Unknown”

“Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. – Thomas Edison”

“Don’t be distracted by criticism. Remember–the only taste of success some people get is to take a bite out of you. – Zig Ziglar”

“There is a powerful driving force inside every human being that, once unleashed, can make any vision, dream, or desire a reality. – Anthony Robbins”

“Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy. – Norman Schwarzkopf”

“You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don’t do too many things wrong. – W.Buffett”

“The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same. – Carlos Castaneda”

“The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas of enthusiasm. – Thomas J. Watson”

“Look well to this day. Yesterday is but a dream and tomorrow is only a vision. But today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness and every tomorrow a vision of hope. Look well therefore to this day. – Francis Gray”

“Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly and get on with improving your other innovations. – Steve Jobs”

“The successful man is the one who finds out what is the matter with his business before his competitors do. – Roy L. Smith”

“To be successful, you have to have your heart in your business, and your business in your heart. – Sr. Thomas Watson”

“Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it. – Dwight Eisenhower”

“A business has to be involving, it has to be fun, and it has to exercise your creative instincts. – Richard Branson”

“We generate fears while we sit. We over come them by action. Fear is natures way of warning us to get busy. – Dr. Henry Link”

“Live daringly, boldly, fearlessly. Taste the relish to be found in competition – in having put forth the best within you. – Henry J. Kaiser”

“The winners in life think constantly in terms of I can, I will, and I am. Losers, on the other hand, concentrate their waking thoughts on what they should have or would have done, or what they can’t do. – Dennis Waitley”

“The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a dollar, is bound to succeed. – Henry Ford”

“For all of its faults, it gives most hardworking people a chance to improve themselves economically, even as the deck is stacked in favor of the privileged few. Here are the choices most of us face in such a system: Get bitter or get busy. – Bill O’ Reilly”

“The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It’s as simple as that. A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer. – N.Bushnell”

“Surviving a failure gives you more self–confidence. Failures are great learning tools… but they must be kept to a minimum. – Jeffrey Immelt”

“To the degree we’re not living our dreams; our comfort zone has more control of us than we have over ourselves. – Peter McWilliams”

“Winning is not a sometime thing; it’s an all time thing. You don’t win once in a while, you don’t do things right once in a while, you do them right all the time. Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing. – Vince Lombardi”

“Don’t worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you’ll have to ram them down people’s throats. – Howard Aiken”

“It takes more than capital to swing business. You’ve got to have the A. I. D. degree to get by — Advertising, Initiative, and Dynamics. – Ren Mulford Jr.”

“The NBA is never just a business. It’s always business. It’s always personal. All good businesses are personal. The best businesses are very personal. – Mark Cuban”

“Fire the committee. No great website in history has been conceived of by more than three people. Not one. This is a deal breaker. – Seth Godin”

“Once you free yourself from the need for perfect acceptance, it’s a lot easier to launch work that matters. – Seth Godin”

“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself, any direction you choose. – Dr. Seuss”

“It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change. – Charles Darwin”

“The golden rule for every business man is this: Put yourself in your customer’s place. – Orison Swett Marden”

“I like thinking big. If you’re going to be thinking anything, you might as well think big. – D.Trump”

“To think is easy. To act is difficult. To act as one thinks is the most difficult. – J.Von Goeth”

“People don’t believe what you tell them. They rarely believe what you show them. They often believe what their friends tell them. They always believe what they tell themselves. – Seth Godin”

“A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him. – David Brinkley”

“Instead of wondering when your next vacation is, you ought to set up a life you don’t need to escape from. – Seth Godin”

“I had to make my own living and my own opportunity! But I made it! Don’t sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them! – C.J. Walker”

“Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will spend its whole life believing it is stupid – Einstein”

“Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve. Thoughts are things! And powerful things at that, when mixed with definiteness of purpose, and burning desire, can be translated into riches. – Napoleon Hill”

“To succeed in business, to reach the top, an individual must know all it is possible to know about that business. – J. Paul Getty”

“If it really was a no–brainer to make it on your own in business there’d be millions of no–brained, harebrained, and otherwise dubiously brained individuals quitting their day jobs and hanging out their own shingles. Nobody would be left to round out the workforce and execute the business plan. – Bill Rancic”

“Winners take time to relish their work, knowing that scaling the mountain is what makes the view from the top so exhilarating. – Denis Waitley”

“Statistics suggest that when customers complain, business owners and managers ought to get excited about it. The complaining customer represents a huge opportunity for more business. – Zig Ziglar”

“The important thing is not being afraid to take a chance. Remember, the greatest failure is to not try. Once you find something you love to do, be the best at doing it. – Debbi Fields”

“Success in business requires training and discipline and hard work. But if you’re not frightened by these things, the opportunities are just as great today as they ever were. – David Rockefeller”

“If you work just for money, you’ll never make it, but if you love what you’re doing and you always put the customer first, success will be yours. – Ray Kroc”

“To succeed… You need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you. – Tony Dorsett”

“In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash will come later. – Harold Geneen”

“I don’t pay good wages because I have a lot of money; I have a lot of money because I pay good wages. – Robert Bosch”

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