Daniel DiPiazza | Page 3

Mom and Dad gave you well intentioned, sincere, dead wrong advice. Now that you're a grown up, get real.

If it feels like a dead end showing up every day simply to have a roof over your head every night, then it's time to consider your alternatives for the next few decades.

Trying to figure out the recipe for content that goes wild on the Internet is sort of like trying to figure out how to be most popular kid in school. Trying makes it less likely.

Freelancing it a bridge across the chasm separating day-job security from entrepreneurial opportunity.

Building an Internet business is a long, slow process but getting started doesn't have to be.

When you listen, people like you. When people like you, they trust you. When they trust you, everything is possible.

A lucky few are born with laser focus and relentless drive. The rest of us just need a program.

Stop asking what's wrong with you and start asking what you can do next to reach your goal.

What you do every day you will do better, regardless of how badly you do it at the start.

A lot of what is required to succeed online is simply what it has always taken to succeed.

Most people are moving half speed from the second helping of Thanksgiving stuffing until after the Super Bowl hang over. All you have to do to get ahead is keep working.

Every goal is achieved step by step. The long shots just require more steps.

A friend will always answer when you call. A contact might, depending on what you've done for them lately.

Stop kidding yourself. Playing it safe doesn't mean you won't have any regrets.

Working for yourself probably won't mean more time for family, friends and sleep.

For those who can grasp metaphors, 'The Lion King' and Animal Planet are all the business education you need.

The common line of thought is that our generation wants more than we "deserve" and we're not willing to work for it. But let's all take a step back.

The people who succeed as entrepreneurs are the ones who could not be worn down no matter how many times they heard "no.''

Frustration is what happens when you set difficult goals. Boredom is what happens when you are slowly achieving them.

To build an exciting business you need to complete about a million profoundly uninteresting tasks.

When everybody has an idea how you should live you life different from your idea, that's everybody else's problem.

Size and strength are good to have but can't overcome an opponent with a stronger will.

The more we worry about what things beyond our control , the less mental energy we have for what we could do something about. Like building a business.

Social media and our own insecurities inflame envy, which stops us from asking accomplished people for help and advice they might willingly give.

Many entrepreneurs give up when they realize their great idea is flawed. Accept it and get to work improving it.

The work ethic and creative habits of these three geniuses are templates for entrepreneurs.

Nothing accelearates learning more than being tutored by an expert committed to your progress.

The difference between productivity and procrastination is largely the psychology we apply to ourselves.

You -- yes, you! -- can help someone with the skills and knowledge that you already have.

Selling your skills directly to customers instead of an employer is scary, until you remember you are already paid for what you know how to do.