“it’s as hard to start and run a small business as it is to start a big one. You will suffer the same toll financially and psychologically as you bludgeon it into existence. It’s hard to raise the money and to find the right people. So if you’re going to dedicate your life to a business, which is the only way it will ever work, you should choose one with the potential to be huge.”
― What It Takes: Lessons in the Pursuit of Excellence
― What It Takes: Lessons in the Pursuit of Excellence
“As I have discovered again and again, things are never as bad (or as good) as they seem at the time.”
― An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth
― An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth
“If you start thinking that only your biggest and shiniest moments count, you're setting yourself up to feel like a failure most of the time.”
― An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth
― An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth
“To me, it’s simple: if you’ve got the time, use it to get ready. What else could you possibly have to do that’s more important? Yes, maybe you’ll learn how to do a few things you’ll never wind up actually needing to do, but that’s a much better problem to have than needing to do something and having no clue where to start.”
― An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth
― An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth
“I wasn’t destined to be an astronaut. I had to turn myself into one.”
― An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth
― An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth
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