Mike Michalowicz Quotes

• Owning a business is NOT about working your ass off for the sake of trying to squeeze out a living. It is NOT about making tons of money at the expense of losing tons of life. It IS about maximizing life, bettering your life and the lives of others, which, not so ironically, fattens your purse.

  Mike Michalowicz

  Trying, Maximizing, Sake

  Mike Michalowicz (2008). “The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur: The Tell-it-like-it-is Guide to Cleaning Up in Business, Even If You are at the End of Your Roll”, p.7, Toilet Paper Entrepreneur

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• Mistakes are good, successes are great, and idleness is a sin.

  Mike Michalowicz

  Mistake, Sin, Good Success

  Mike Michalowicz (2008). “The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur: The Tell-it-like-it-is Guide to Cleaning Up in Business, Even If You are at the End of Your Roll”, p.112, Toilet Paper Entrepreneur

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• Entrepreneurs don’t do most of the work. Entrepreneurs identify the problems, discover the opportunities and then build processes to allow other people and other things to do the work.

  Mike Michalowicz

  Opportunity, People, Entrepreneur

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• Profit is not an event. It's a habit.

  Mike Michalowicz

  Events, Habit, Profit

  "Mike Michalowicz: Turning Life Lessons Into Bestselling Business Advice". Interview with Tim Knox, interviewingauthors.com.

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• Don't worry about making mistakes. In fact, the more mistakes you make, the more progress you are making. Just don't repeat the same mistakes.

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  Motivational, Success, Mistake

  Mike Michalowicz (2008). “The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur: The Tell-it-like-it-is Guide to Cleaning Up in Business, Even If You are at the End of Your Roll”, p.112, Toilet Paper Entrepreneur

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• Action is the only way to make progress. Take action now; don’t wait for a convenient time. It can’t be overemphasized.

  Mike Michalowicz

  Waiting, Progress, Way

  Mike Michalowicz (2008). “The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur: The Tell-it-like-it-is Guide to Cleaning Up in Business, Even If You are at the End of Your Roll”, p.119, Toilet Paper Entrepreneur

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• For quite a while I called myself a workaholic. I was proud of that label. Then one day it hit me; a workaholic is a label for an unproductive person.

  Mike Michalowicz

  One Day, Labels, Proud

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• Success in business isn’t about being right; it’s about being committed.

  Mike Michalowicz

  Business Success, Committed

  Mike Michalowicz (2008). “The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur: The Tell-it-like-it-is Guide to Cleaning Up in Business, Even If You are at the End of Your Roll”, p.17, Toilet Paper Entrepreneur

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• Ideas don’t make money, effort does.

  Mike Michalowicz

  Ideas, Effort, Doe

  Mike Michalowicz (2008). “The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur: The Tell-it-like-it-is Guide to Cleaning Up in Business, Even If You are at the End of Your Roll”, p.157, Toilet Paper Entrepreneur

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• The sooner you get something started the more likely you get to be successful, get started today!

  Mike Michalowicz

  Successful, Today, Being Successful

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• More is not better. Better is better!

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• Moving forward is not based upon your past; your future is exclusively determined by the decisions you make now, in this moment.

  Mike Michalowicz

  Motivational, Success, Moving

  Mike Michalowicz (2008). “The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur: The Tell-it-like-it-is Guide to Cleaning Up in Business, Even If You are at the End of Your Roll”, p.126, Toilet Paper Entrepreneur

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• Success is a moving target. I don't think we ever achieve “it”, at least in our own minds. But I do know this, if you think you have achieved your greatest success you clearly have decided to stop pushing yourself.

  Mike Michalowicz

  Moving, Thinking, Mind

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• You can go far on hard work and big dreams, often a hell of a lot farther - and faster - than people with more education and experience.

  Mike Michalowicz

  Motivational, Dream, Hard Work

  Mike Michalowicz (2008). “The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur: The Tell-it-like-it-is Guide to Cleaning Up in Business, Even If You are at the End of Your Roll”, p.166, Toilet Paper Entrepreneur

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