Book Titles

Heart, Smarts, Guts, and Luck
What It Takes to Be an Entrepreneur and Build a Great Business

By Anthony Tjan, Richard Harrington, Tsun-Yan Hsieh

Year Published: 2012
ISBN-13: 978-1422161944
Categories: Entrepreneurship, Guts, Heart, Luck, Smart

82 Quotes Found

Quote Image Quote Page Number

Heart, Smarts, Guts, and Luck:

Without humility and vulnerability, we can never possess the intellectual curiosity that a great leader requires.

114

Heart, Smarts, Guts, and Luck:

There is a Luck-placebo effect when people believe they are receiving or are more predisposed to good fortune.

116

Heart, Smarts, Guts, and Luck:

What we often brush away as Luck is, in fact, a mind-set of openness, readiness, and optimism.

117

Heart, Smarts, Guts, and Luck:

Have the humility to show interest in more people – and watch as more Circumstantial Luck comes your way.

120

Heart, Smarts, Guts, and Luck:

…you will feel good about offering a hand – it is better to give than receive when you have someone worthwhile to give to.

123

Heart, Smarts, Guts, and Luck:

…openness is about pushing leaders to think less of themselves as the best athlete than being the best person to create a great team and realize its collective potential.

123

Heart, Smarts, Guts, and Luck:

    …unless your failure involved a capital crime, you now have the opportunity to learn from your mistake, recover, and improve your approach to the next challenge.

124

Heart, Smarts, Guts, and Luck:

…a failure is just a moment in time. If you learn the right lesson from your mistake, you won’t make it again.

129

Heart, Smarts, Guts, and Luck:

People who explore, with the appetite to learn more about anything and everything, create and receive more Luck.

131

Heart, Smarts, Guts, and Luck:

The most successful scalers respect the past while focusing on the future.

139