Book

Capital Gaines

: Smart Things I Learned Doing Stupid Stuff

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Chip Gaines (8)

“I think a lot of people tend to take every win and every loss as some sort of play-by-play: if you win, you win, and if you lose, you lose. But I don't see life like that at all. There's a much bigger game going on, and if you step back from the play-by-play and look at the big picture, the ability…”

— Chip Gaines, amazon.com

Tagged: Don't Fear the Future, self reflection, Business

“The point I'm making here is that as we grew the challenges grew with us. But we turned just about every situation into a learning opportunity.”

— Chip Gaines, amazon.com

Tagged: Life Challenges, Business, Evolution of Business, Work Ethic

“There are many things that can knock us down, so why waste one minute worrying about what we can't control?”

— Chip Gaines, amazon.com

Tagged: Entrepreneurship, Living in fear, Bravery

“The point is, rather than changing how I operate, I choose to think the better of people than they might think of themselves. Even if I got all up in arms about these things, who am I to jump to conclusions? I don't know their story, so I'm not going to make snap judgements about them.”

— Chip Gaines, amazon.com

Tagged: selflessness, Leadership, Business, Reflection

“Perhaps you have to be crazy to choose the life of an entrepreneur, but you have to be stupid to choose it without ever counting the cost.”

— Chip Gaines, amazon.com

Tagged: Entrepreneurship, Business, Work Ethic

“Why try to predict what something is capable of or what it’s going to do? Instead, why not just make a runway for ideas to take flight—and then enjoy watching them soar.”

— Chip Gaines, amazon.com

Tagged: Business, Ideas, motivation, Work Ethic

“Perhaps you can’t quit your day job, and I understand that. But never, ever quit your day dream.”

— Chip Gaines, amazon.com

Tagged: motivation, Work Ethic, Getting Your Hands Dirty

“The way I see it, there’s work and then there’s work. And there’s a big difference between your work and your job. A job is a task done for an agreed-upon price, and work is the effort directed toward accomplishing a goal. See what I mean?”

— Chip Gaines, amazon.com

Tagged: Work Ethic, Getting Your Hands Dirty, Job and Work, motivation