Just wrapped up a mastermind conference here in Bangkok, Thailand with my mastermind group the Dynamite Circle. Below are some quotes I scribbled on my phone during the two days of knowledge bombs. Hope you enjoy:
- “Every business has their problems and opportunities for people to solve.” – Brendan Tully
- “Don’t launch for money, launch to add value.”- Chris Ducker
- “Starting a podcast will make you good at the most important thing at business: communicating.” – Dan Andrews
- “Qualify hardcore.” – Brendan Tully
- “Revenue is proof you’re valuable to people. Profit is proof you’re doing it wisely.” – Derek Sivers
- “When making a decision to do something, does it make you want to say ‘f@#k yeah’?” – Derek Sivers
- “No matter what you choose to do, someone will tell you you’re wrong” – Derek Sivers
- “When you don’t know you can’t do something, that’s the moment you can.” – Derek Sivers
- “If you can’t convince one person your product is good, you have a problem” – Ian Borders (Merge Pay)
- “I don’t always chase tail, but when I do – I chase the long-tail” – Matthew Newton (Driverless Car HQ)
- “Q: Who has the most embarrassing domain name? A: “howtohaveanorgasmhq.com” – John McIntyre
- “If you went to university, you should know this.” – Alexej Friesen (re: 3D vector analysis in advanced SEO)
- “You are never finished, but you make the decision to ship.” – Ian Schoen
- “Always challenge your assumptions about whats possible in your business.” – Ian Schoen
- “Love is not looking at each other, it’s looking in the same direction.” – Korean saying
- “At a certain point, you have to trust your instinct and know you’re on to something” – Dan Andrews
- “No Tech Crunch s@%t, that’s not how it works here.” – Dan Andrews (re: giving equity within a bootstrapped biz)
- “The richest people in the world look for and build networks, everyone else looks for work.” – Robert Kiyosaki
For the “value bombs” that I missed, feel free to leave them in the comments!
Comments
Excellent summary mate! Need to digest that stuff during the next couple of days/weeks … Was awesome meeting you during the weekend! Keep in touch mate! Stefan
Definitely, see you on the DC forums!
Dropped a value bomb yourself!! Thanks for this Terry!
Wait till you see next years!
Awesome, thanks for sharing! Although I’m not in the DC (…yet…) there’s a ton of food for thought just in these small nuggets. I especially like #5 and #9… earlier this evening my husband and I were talking about certain large companies that are super-popular and yet not particularly profitable.
Muito obrigado! How long have you been practicing capoeira? (~1 yr for me)
Wow, small world! 11 years for me. Who do you train with? If you make the pilgrimage here to the capoeira homeland someday, drop me a line.
Capoeira Camara – its a pretty new group as our CM started it in 2005 (ex-Axe). I just got my first cordao this year haha! Which groupo are you with?
Fundação Internacional de Capoeira Angola – the founder and probably the most widely-known mestre in the group is Mestre Cobra Mansa, but the branch here in Bahia is led by Mestre Valmir, who is an absolutely awesome teacher.
I actually used to have an online capoeira store exporting clothes, instruments, CDs, etc. from Salvador. Sadly it no longer exists, but I continue to be interested in e-commerce and maybe someday in the future I’ll resurrect it!
Nice share Terry!
Haha #10 cracks me up.
Awesome wrap up Terry..
One more reason I wish I was there… thanks for sharing!
grt sum up Terry .. wish I could of made it .. was smogged out in China ..