Ziad K. Abdelnour Quotes
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Building a business is like creating a picture & striving to be picture perfect in everything you do.
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Don't let someone create you, because they might just destroy you.
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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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The future belongs to those who innovate.
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I believe "Leadership" is creating the environment for the greatness in people to emerge.
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Passion isn't enough for financial success. Your passion needs to make you money.
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Don't blame people for who they are, blame yourself for thinking they were different.
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Patience is not the ability to wait but how you act while you are waiting.
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No matter how far down a path you go, if it's the wrong path, turn around and go back home - before it is too late.
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The primary near-term security concern of the United States is the global economic crisis and its geopolitical implications.
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The single biggest reason why the vast majority of people go nowhere in life is because they don't or won't take risks. They take the easy way out, the path of least resistance. You don't make it big that way. Ever.
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If a problem can be solved by writing a check, it's not a problem, it's an expense.
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Always remember ... You are not designed for everyone to like you. Get used to it.
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Always remember...the stronger your position in life, the more enemies you're gonna have .. while friends come and go.
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Forget the housing, bond or derivatives bubbles … Fraud Is the Biggest Bubble of all time.
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You have three types of friends in life: Friends for a reason, friends for a season, and friends for a lifetime.
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Always remember... How you handle obstacles will always be a key factor in determining your ability to achieve success.
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Don't ever confuse my personality with my attitude. My personality is who I am. My attitude always depends on who you are.
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Worry is a down payment on a problem you may never have. It doesn't empty tomorrow of its sorrow, just empties today of its strength.
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If you make a hiring mistake, make the change quickly. Don’t ignore problems. Don’t assume it will get better.
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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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To be the best you must be able to handle the worst.
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In the end, what matters most is how well you lived, how well you loved, and how well you learned to let go.
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Never blame anyone in life. The good people give you happiness. The worst people give you a lesson. The best people give you memories.