Ziad K. Abdelnour Quotes
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Power people wear power like a coat of arms. If can't sense them on the spot you don't know what power is.
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Figure out what you do best, and build a team second to none around that... # 1 Requirement in building first class companies.
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The natural state of our economy is prosperity. Freedom guarantees that. The only force capable of undermining it is government.
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If you can’t fire your best friend or your brother, don’t hire them.
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The future belongs to those who innovate.
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I believe Government should encourage competition, NOT prop up the weak when the going gets tough.
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Listen to what people say when they are mad, that's when the truth comes out.
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Everyone you meet comes with baggage, find someone who cares enough to help you unpack.
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Without seeking truth it is unlikely you will find success. The truth very well might set you free, but it’s not always fun. People say they want the truth, but more accurately, they want the truth that is easy to hear. They don’t want the painful truths that don’t support our decisions or force us to accept we were wrong about something. But without truth, you will never be able to course-correct. Putting the company first and your bruised feelings second is an important step in saving your start-up from failure.
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Never worry about what you can't control...Focus on what you can.
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If the world economy is going to revive, I believe commodities are going to lead it back up. If the world economy is not going to revive, commodities are still the place to be—especially with governments printing so much money. Look at the 1970s. The world economy was in the tank, but commodities did very well.
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Myth: USDollar is money. Fact: Gold & Silver are money. USDollar is legal tender/debt brought down to low parcels for spending purposes.
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The new source of power is not money in the hands of a few, but information in the hands of many. Educate and Empower & see the results.
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We fear rejection, want attention, crave affection and dream of perfection.
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Difference between being Rich and Being Wealthy? Time...Nothing is more important than TIME... can't buy it back ever.
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The Boston Consulting Group recently released a study showing that there were 5.2 million households in America that could be classified as millionaires.1 I would love to see a candidate for national office, especially president, come out and announce that his platform was squarely oriented toward creating wealth, that in 8 to 10 years we would have 50 million millionaires in America.
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All of us, try to eliminate risk from our lives. The sad thing about risk is that when you eliminate risk you also eliminate the future.
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I am not a killer. I just win - Thoroughly - After all, winning isn't everything but wanting to win is.
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I do not believe in supporting bailouts without strong ramifications. It is a fool’s fantasy to think we can live in a globally connected economy and never have a situation arise where the government prudently steps in to prevent a failure that might lead to catastrophic ramifications. In most cases, I believe it would be much better to let bailed-out companies fail when they have mismanaged themselves, rather than waste taxpayer money propping up greedy idiots who are trying to salvage their own bonuses; however, there are exceptions to almost every rule. The wiser course would be to penalize the CEO or board of directors who drove the company to the brink of failure. The most obvious punishment would be the elimination of any “golden parachutes” or bonuses for the executive and seizure of all company-derived assets, including any attempts to hide company assets in the spouse’s name. When C-level executives come to the realization that managing a company is not a game and that there are serious consequences for their actions, we will see fewer instances of requests for bailouts.
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Many entrepreneurs resist to owing up to the conditions that created the shortcoming—conditions they themselves may have contributed to. They need to put ownership of the problem above the egotistical need of always wanting to look good. If they don’t, failure will result.
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Always remember... Perfection is not attainable, but if you chase perfection you can catch excellence and beyond. Be fearless...
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Often in life we forget the things we should remember and remember the things we should forget.
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The Key point in making money is, you can tell some big shot where to go.
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Biggest mistake Reagan ever did re: foreign policy? 1984 decision to appease Hezbollah with Lebanon withdrawal.