Be Adaptable

I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.

— Jimmy Dean

Cost-Cutter vs Entrepreneur

A cost-cutter buys grapes and makes raisins. An entrepreneur buys grapes and makes wine. You’ll never see a person arrive to a celebration carrying a box of raisins.
— Roy H. Williams, The Wizard of Ads

Hang Out With People Better Than You

If you want to soar like an eagle in life, you can’t be flocking with the turkeys.
— Warren Buffett

How To Be Happy

Children are happy because they play.
Adults are unhappy because they do not.
So play more. Without keeping score.
— Roy H. Williams, The Wizard of Ads

Write With Impact

Use half as many words and they’ll hit twice as hard.
— Roy H. Williams, The Wizard of Ads

Dare To Be Bold

A polarizing mission statement forces the reader to choose between two sides of a line drawn in the sand. Rare is the business owner who has the courage to craft such a statement.
— Roy H. Williams, The Wizard of Ads

Change is Never Easy

All change requires a level of pain.
— Jason Fittler

Like-Able Wins

What’s your strategy going to be when you operate a commodity-based business… when you sell a parity product? The answer is pure and simple: Be more like-able than your competitors. In other words, be positively good.
— Tom Wanek, Wizard of Ads Partner

Linkedin

Linkedin is a place, where people I don’t know, recommend me for things I don’t do.
— Craig Arthur, Wizard of Ads Partner

The Cost Cutter

Lower your costs and profit will rise, is the central belief of a cost-cutter. But the cost-cutter never considers the damage to customer experience.
— Roy H. Williams, The Wizard of Ads

Beware the Knuckleheads

Never argue with an idiot. They’ll just drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.
— Bertwin Lord, at a meeting of the Worthless Bastards

Don't Make Things Complicated

Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius — and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.
— E.F. Schumacher

Keep it Simple

Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.
— Confucius

Pain Comes Before Change

Those in pain will choose to remain in pain until it rises to such a level it can no longer be ignored. Change will then emerge.
— Doug Kelsey

Beware Following the Herd

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.
— Mark Twain

Keep Moving Forward

Success is not final; failure is not final. It is the courage to continue that counts.
— Winston Churchill