Ryan Lilly

For any creative thought to be contagious, it must first be worthy of a sneeze.

Jean-Baptiste Say may have coined the term 'entrepreneur' but he totally missed the opportunity to put it on a t-shirt and sell it.

Every day is full of opportunities, but an opportunity is full of only so many days.

I enjoy self-publishing & sending publishers rejection letters. They're like, 'Who is this guy?' And I'm like, 'the end of your industry.

I surround myself with books when I write, thus surrounding myself with writers... only they don't critique me and then get up for coffee.

Never before have the tools of value creation been so great and the potential artisans so busy watching the Kardashians.

In the long-run, regrets consist less of bad choices and more of choices not made at all. Little do we realize, those were choices too.

We are not creators; only combiners of the created. Invention isn't about new ingredients, but new recipes. And innovations taste the best.

Soylent Green is made out of people. So is your personal network_ but let__ hope its non-toxic because you drink it every day.

Growing a culture requires a good storyteller. Changing a culture requires a persuasive editor.

Personal brands are determined by a track record of actions, not a track record of plans.

Yeast is to flour as action is to ambition. Rising to success requires adding and alternating starters.

A product in the marketplace is the result of thought in an inner space and action more than the common place.

The only personal branding consultant who can ever hope to have a clear understanding of you and your value can be found in the mirror.