Ryan Blair > Quotes

“If it's important you'll find a way. If it's not, you'll find an excuse.”
― Ryan Blair

“The only difference between you today and a year from now are the people you know and what you have learned.”
― Ryan Blair, Nothing to Lose, Everything to Gain: How I Went from Gang Member to Multimillionaire Entrepreneur

“To succeed you have to start”
― ryan blair

“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always try to do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, are great.”—Mark Twain”
― Ryan Blair, Nothing to Lose, Everything to Gain: How I Went from Gang Member to Multimillionaire Entrepreneur

“There are degrees of discomfort, and everyone has a different breaking point. But if you want to be an entrepreneur, there is no choice.”
― Ryan Blair, Nothing to Lose, Everything to Gain: How I Went from Gang Member to Multimillionaire Entrepreneur

“To become a “master” of something, you must work with focus and purpose.”
― Ryan Blair, Nothing to Lose, Everything to Gain: How I Went from Gang Member to Multimillionaire Entrepreneur

“There is a reason why we admire certain people. They espouse something that strikes a chord within us. Be it their innate talent, drive, wisdom, or attitude, there is a reason we find certain individuals fascinating, and if we can harness that same spark that made them great, perhaps we can achieve greatness as well.”
― Ryan Blair, Nothing to Lose, Everything to Gain: How I Went from Gang Member to Multimillionaire Entrepreneur

“With or without realizing it, every successful person has created behaviors—systems for greeting people, networking, and making telephone calls to aid them in their pursuits. By observing the traits of successful people, you can create your own system for success.”
― Ryan Blair, Nothing to Lose, Everything to Gain: How I Went from Gang Member to Multimillionaire Entrepreneur

“You’ll survive, no matter how bad it is—it isn’t as bad it could be. Shake off your mistakes, but try not to repeat them.”
― Ryan Blair, Nothing to Lose, Everything to Gain: How I Went from Gang Member to Multimillionaire Entrepreneur

“The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking down your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.” —Mark Twain”
― Ryan Blair, Nothing to Lose, Everything to Gain: How I Went from Gang Member to Multimillionaire Entrepreneur

“The only differences between you today and a year from now are the people you know and what you have learned.”
― Ryan Blair, Nothing to Lose, Everything to Gain: How I Went from Gang Member to Multimillionaire Entrepreneur

“there are four main drivers that urge an individual toward becoming an entrepreneur: independence, wealth, recognition and fame, and contribution.”
― Ryan Blair, Nothing to Lose, Everything to Gain: How I Went from Gang Member to Multimillionaire Entrepreneur

“charity work. Any smart, ethical business owner is going to be involved with something that gives back, whether it is at the community level, in the fight against a specific disease, or in a broad campaign to address another social issue. If you are willing to take the time to roll up your sleeves—first, to find out what groups your targeted mentor works with, and second, to start giving your money, time, or resources to that same group—you can find inroads to business mentors very quickly, and all while pursuing a worthy cause.”
― Ryan Blair, Nothing to Lose, Everything to Gain: How I Went from Gang Member to Multimillionaire Entrepreneur

“Life is theater; everyone is an actor—some in the lead, some in the supporting cast.”
― Ryan Blair, Nothing to Lose, Everything to Gain: How I Went from Gang Member to Multimillionaire Entrepreneur

“As an entrepreneur building a multimillion-dollar business, your failures are going to be your greatest assets, provided you have a philosophy that addresses mistakes, strives to understand them, learns the key elements in them, and turns them into successes.”
― Ryan Blair, Nothing to Lose, Everything to Gain: How I Went from Gang Member to Multimillionaire Entrepreneur

“If you can’t honor a deal, make a new one and try to honor it. And when you’re dealing with your investors’ money, you have to act as if God himself wrote you the check.”
― Ryan Blair, Nothing to Lose, Everything to Gain: How I Went from Gang Member to Multimillionaire Entrepreneur

“Investment over consumption—that has to be an entrepreneur’s mantra.”
― Ryan Blair, Nothing to Lose, Everything to Gain: How I Went from Gang Member to Multimillionaire Entrepreneur

“Good people don’t take a job just for salary. They take a job for camaraderie, learning opportunity, or because of their career direction.”
― Ryan Blair, Nothing to Lose, Everything to Gain: How I Went from Gang Member to Multimillionaire Entrepreneur