Ken Goldstein

People. Products. Profits. In that order.

Real talent harnesses what it has and unlocks what it doesn__. There is natural ability, there is the discipline that develops natural ability, there is the unending study of one__ craft, and there is the exponential lifting of performance by the selfless combination of efforts.

It__ not enough to love your product. You have to love your customers, too, every single one__hose who complain the most are the ones who control the keys to your survival.

If you don__ own the company, it__ their job, not yours. They lease it to you for a while for the value you create beyond what you cost. At the end of the lease, if you paid off the tab and have more valuable knowledge and skills than you had when you signed on, it__ a good deal for everyone. If you take their money but don__ get better at what you do, you got burned.