Eric Yuan Quotes

Nurturing a project from the ground floor is something I've been wanting to do.

Work will take everything you give it. It's up to you to work out what you want to give it.

The world's most successful entrepreneurs play hard, but they work even harder.

One of my philosophies of building companies is the importance of velocity.

I'm chasing my goals, and I haven't been able to make things happen the way I want them to happen. It doesn't feel good, but the answer is simple: I just have to work hard and to focus on cutting down the number of mistakes I make.

Entrepreneurs: The only people who work 80 hour weeks to avoid working 40 hour weeks.

Somebody said the key to life is to work hard, play hard, rest hard, and I've pretty much adopted that.

I always try to work hard and get things done as soon as possible, but never at the loss of quality of the product.

Did you know there's a difference between being busy and being fruitful? Did you ever stop to think that just being busy - running around in circles all day but not accomplishing anything - is the same as wasting your time? It's frustrating to expend so much energy and time and not have any fruit from your effort!

It's important to set your own goals and work hard to achieve them.

Work hard. I got tenure a year early. Junior faculty members used to say to me: 'Wow, what's your secret?' I said: 'It's pretty simple. Call me any Friday night in my office at 10 o'clock, and I'll tell you.'

I find fear is a great motivator to work hard.

As all entrepreneurs know, you live and die by your ability to prioritize. You must focus on the most important, mission-critical tasks each day and night, and then share, delegate, delay or skip the rest.

Smart people tend to enjoy thinking about a lot of things at once. I'd say entrepreneurs should be serial monogamists; do one thing at a time until you make sufficient progress and then move on.

You are not born for fame if you don't know the value of time.

To my mind, the best investment a young man starting out in business can possibly make is to give all his time, all his energies, to work - just plain, hard work.

I learned that the only way you are going to get anywhere in life is to work hard at it. Whether you're a musician, a writer, an athlete or a businessman, there is no getting around it. If you do, you'll win - if you don't, you won't.

We must use time creatively.

There are so many similarities between a startup venture and a political campaign - the rhythm, the tempo, the hours, the intensity.

There are a ton of qualities that can help you succeed, and the more carefully a quality has been studied, the more you know it's worth your time and energy.

If you ask me about my success story, the secret is I know when to pull myself back. I don't overexpose myself; I give proper gaps whenever I can. I do not over spend myself, I keep myself busy in lot of activities. I really work hard; I work harder than others, by focussing on my fitness level and studying music.

Working hard and working smart sometimes can be two different things.

Work is hard. Distractions are plentiful. And time is short.

There's only one growth strategy: work hard.

Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.