Brad Feld Quotes

I'm hugely intrinsically motivated and have always believed that I'm fueled and motivated by learning.

You can look for external sources of motivation and that can catalyze a change, but it won't sustain one. It has to be from an internal desire.

There is no greater education than one that is self-driven.

A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.

The desire for self-improvement is vital. There is no point in pushing children; they need to be the ones who want to learn new skills.

I am my own cheerleader. I am the one who puts my goals, who pushes myself to get to the next goal. I don't have someone next to me saying, 'Here you go, now do this, it's your next step, go for it.'

I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.

It's important to know what motivates you, not what motivates somebody else.

It's surprising how hard we'll work when the work is done just for ourselves.

My motivation is internal.

By the time I was 14, I had become self-motivated. Whatever raced inside me was more demanding than any pressure applied by parents or teachers.

I think that you're only going to get better if you take time to better yourself, not because someone says you should get better.

I think the greatest demand actually comes from within, not from outside.

Just having the hunger to continue to learn motivates me.

I'm doing this because I want to do it better.

The only person who can really motivate you is you.

If you think you can do better, then do better. Don't compete with anyone; just yourself.

I do believe in self-help.

I am growing and learning. There's so much more that I want to accomplish and do. I'm gonna do it at whatever pace it happens. I'm not trying to rush anything or slow anything down.

I really don't feel like I'm in any kind of contest. Except, maybe, with myself. Just want to learn and create and grow. Get better all the time with these filmmaking tools. I don't expect perfection from myself. Just progress.

All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education.

The willingness to keep learning is, I think, the most important thing about trying to be good at anything. You never want to stop learning.

I don't know if I'm so much fueled by trying to one-up myself so much as passionate about coming up with new and greater challenges. I don't see it as a contest, but as a natural progression.

I have the wherewithal to challenge myself for my entire life. That's a great gift.

I only really work when I want to.