Paul J. Meyer Quotes

See yourself as self employed.

The biggest mistake that you can make is to believe that you are working for somebody else.

You never work for somebody else. Someone else might sign your check, but you're the one who fills in the amount.

We don't want to wait on someone to hire us and give us a check. We want to create our own opportunities.

I only can talk about myself and my experience. Honestly, working on your own terms is difficult for a newcomer but not impossible. I am an example of that.

I may not be able to work for anybody else again. I may just have to work for myself.

In business for yourself, not by yourself.

I want to be doing something where I'm running my own show.

It's hard for me to work for somebody else. I can work with someone, but not for someone.

I think that initial independence is very important; that's what being an entrepreneur is all about.

I've always been a workhorse, and I've been supporting myself since I was 15.

I knew I always wanted to be my own boss. My mum would say I've been my own boss since primary school. It was probably always my destiny.

I love improving, I love being creative and I love being my own boss.

We cannot work for others without working for ourselves.

I'd rather live precariously in my own office than comfortably in somebody else's.

I'm a big believer in being an entrepreneur. It's easy for me to say because I work for myself and I am someone who likes that process. You have control over your destiny.

Entrepreneurs are motivated by independence as well as challenge, knowing they are ultimately responsible for themselves. Monetary success is certainly helpful, but it often becomes more of a score card than anything else.

The biggest mistake you could ever make is to think you work for anyone but yourself

When I was young, I worked for a capitalist twelve hours a day and I was always tired. Now I work for myself twenty hours a day and I never get tired

Those back-to-back experiences confirmed what I already knew: That I was a shitty-ass employee and I'd better start my own business.

I do believe in self-help.

I think it is important to let your kids have independence and ownership. Let your kids do what they have a passion for.

Since I was 9 years old, I have been working, hustling to find my own projects - from telenovelas to record deals, etc. etc. Way before I met my husband.

My dream was to not work for anyone. There's only so many things I was good at - and how am I not going to work for anyone? I just don't want people telling me what to do.

Instead of being taught independence, energy, and enterprise, our youth today is taught to look for security.