Me, Inc

You wouldn’t wear loud, bright colors to a funeral, and you wouldn’t wear sexy clothes in a church, temple, or mosque. The same rules apply in business. If you own an auto repair shop or a tattoo parlor, or if you’re in a rock band, then you can ignore those rules. Otherwise, forget it. Maintain the proper appearance at the proper time, at the proper place, in front of the proper people.

You are your own best résumé. This is your moment. It’s always the vacuum cleaner salesman, not the vacuum cleaner, that will make the sale

. Please take this example to heart—just because you can afford to throw money

I still had my penthouse on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, for which I was paying $800 per month. I also didn’t own a car. I had very few financial obligations of any kind. Not to banks. Not to friends. Not to anyone. This, even after KISS was successful. Please take this example to heart

“If you live for weekends—or vacations—your shit is broken.”

GARY VAYNERCHUK

He used drugs and got high a lot. Reality and the status quo didn’t inspire him or fire his imagination. A nine-to-five existence simply didn’t appeal to him. He was directionless. Uninspired. Empty.

But one fundamental notion resonated with him, as the movie makes clear: he didn’t want to work for anyone.

Sound like you?

There is a big difference between going to work and loving to work. It is important that you take this to heart.

“Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art.”

ANDY WARHOL

You have to have the guts and the will to do what our military urges: BE ALL THAT YOU CAN BE.

They had to sell themselves first, before their product.