Michael Cunningham Quotes

If I can't find anything good, I am just going to have to get my butt in gear and start learning how to do everything.

Sitting on my butt waiting on opportunities won't do me any good.

I try to make the most of the opportunities I am presented with.

If the opportunities are a little limited, then you've got to try to find a way to make something happen the best way you can.

My evolution came not as a plan but as opportunities came. People offer them when they see you're doing something well. It's up to you to recognize them, take them, and then dedicate yourself to them.

I often feel like saying, when I hear the question 'People aren't ready,' that it's like telling a person who is trying to swim, 'Don't jump in that water until you learn how to swim.' When actually you will never learn how to swim until you get in the water. And I think people have to have an opportunity to develop themselves and govern themselves.

If it isn't your job to do it, perhaps it is your opportunity

Work with the raw material you have, namely you, and never let up.

When faced without a challenge, make one

I have new ideas every day, and I always want to take on new challenges.

I'm always looking for a new challenge. There are a lot of mountains to climb out there. When I run out of mountains, I'll build a new one.

When I had challenges, it taught me to be more on top of it for the future. Things go wrong all the time when you're running your own business, but it's how you perceive it and deal with it that matters.

You take on what's right in front of you. You want to do the best you can with the opportunities that you have.

Do not wait; the time will never be 'just right.' Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.

Everyone has a 'risk muscle.' You keep it in shape by trying new things. If you don't, it atrophies. Make a point of using it at least once a day.

Think new thoughts. Grab life with both hands, take opportunities you have, & create the ones you need.

Don't wait for something big to occur. Start where you are, with what you have, and that will always lead you into something greater.

Before the work comes to you, you have to invent work.

I'm a great believer in not sitting around waiting for the right part to come around, but jumping in and building it for yourself.

Wise men make more opportunities than they find.

Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.

I - I try to do as much as I can, wherever I am. So, at the farm, I'm always thinking of some new project, some new thing I can do.

It is not enough to be in the right place at the right time. You should also have an open mind at the right time.

I always like surprising people and doing things at a young age and, I don't know, trying to do them at a higher caliber than what you'd normally think. I'm not saying I'm a virtuoso, but I always challenge myself.

No matter how commonplace or dull your first job's duties seem, chances are you can find something to do that others don't want to and make it your own.