Daniel Kahneman Quotes

If I see something that's extremely challenging, I'm like, 'That seems really hard. Let's try it.' It's just my personality.

My advice to young entrepreneurs is not to accept defeat in the face of odds, and challenge negative forces with hope, self-confidence and conviction.

When facing a difficult task, act as though it is impossible to fail. If you are going after Moby Dick, take along the tartar sauce.

Like all pioneers I have labored more in faith and hope.

I'm always up for the next challenge.

Often the difference between a successful man and a failure is not one's better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on his ideas, to take a calculated risk, and to act.

You have to face things, have faith in what you do and go for it. Think, 'What's the worst that could happen?'

I like entrepreneurial people; I like people who take risks.

I'm an optimist. You can't be an entrepreneur if you're not essentially an optimist, so I'm an optimist by nature.

To achieve truly important things you have to be willing to put your personal reputation on the line …

We go out, we explore, we take risk. And our successes have to pay for all that.

I'm always challenging myself, looking forward I'm not afraid of anything.

True hopefulness and optimism is what leads one to dare. It is also what lifts one back up to dare again after a failed attempt.

Most women I know who have been successful in business, it's because they've been willing to take on the risky challenge that other people would say, 'Oh, I'm not sure I want to do that.'

I don't know if there's a genetic marker for entrepreneurship. But if there is, it's most likely not a genius for planning. It's a propensity for action - and the ability to put failure behind you quickly. To stop being precious about your ideas.

Remarkably successful people habitually do what other people won't do. They go where others won't go because there's a lot less competition and a much greater chance for success.

Half of my success is my fearlessness and recklessness - of just seeing the end and not stopping until you get there.

For those who say you're thinking too big... be smart enough not to listen. For those who say the odds are too small ... be dumb enough to give it a shot. And for those who ask, how can you do that?... look them in the eyes and say, I'll figure it out.

Nothing important was ever accomplished without chutzpah. Columbus had chutzpah. The signers of the Declaration of Independence had chutzpah. Don't ever aim doubt at yourself. Laugh at yourself, but don't doubt yourself.

An entrepreneur isn't someone who owns a business, it's someone who makes things happen.

Like many of my fellow entrepreneurs, I didn't create Hearsay Social with my co-founder Steve Garrity because it would be fun and easy, but because we're at our best when faced with enormous challenges.

What's the worst that can happen? If it doesn't do well I can put on my big girl panties, deal with it and move on.

In my experience as CEO, I found that the most important decisions tested my courage far more than my intelligence.

Being idealistic really helps you overcome some of the many obstacles put in your path.

In order to achieve anything you must be brave enough to fail.