Hard work isn't enough. And more work is never the real answer. The sort of grit you need to scale a business is less reliant on brute force. It's actually one part determination, one part ingenuity, and one part laziness.

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"Before dreaming about the future or making plans, you need to articulate what you already have going for you – as entrepreneurs do."

- Reid Hoffman

Self-awareness

"Before dreaming about the future or marking plans, you need to articulate what you already have going for you – as entrepreneurs do."

- Reid Hoffman

Self-awareness

"All humans are entrepreneurs, not because they should start companies but because the will to create is encoded in human DNA."

- Reid Hoffman

Inspiration

"No matter how brilliant your mind or strategy, if you’re playing a solo game, you’ll always lose out to a team."

- Reid Hoffman

Teamwork

"No matter how brilliant your mind or strategy, if you're playing a solo game, you'll always lose out to a team."

- Reid Hoffman

Teamwork

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"You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re going to go to bed with satisfaction."

- George Lorimer

Determination

"The most difficult thing is the decision to act; the rest is merely tenacity."

- Amelia Earhart

Determination

"When I believe in something, I’m like a dog with a bone."

- Melissa McCarthy

Determination

"Get a good idea and stay with it. Dog it, and work at it until it’s done right."

- Walt Disney

Determination

"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."

- Theodore Roosevelt

Determination