Business Instinct Quotes

I never studied business. It's either in your DNA, or it isn't.

People in business tend to have an instinctive reaction to people.

Everything I do in life is framed through the view of a businessman. That's my instinct. If I go into a pharmacy to buy shaving cream, then I'm going to look for the best deal on shaving cream.

There are people who are born to do it. I was born to do it, and I just had it. I was just always selling and selling and selling. And if you can sell, you can be an entrepreneur, you just have to start that company for whatever you're good at selling. But for everybody else, if you have a vision, but you're willing to do the work to follow through, it's more about preparation and it's more about investing the time to become knowledgeable.... And most people aren't willing to do that. So it's not that anybody can't be an entrepreneur. But if you're finding yourself asking "What kind of companies should I start?," you're not ready. "What do you think I should do?" You're not ready. "Am I ready to start this company?" You're not ready. If you find yourself, "I know this so much better than this company, this company, this company, if I can get in there and just get one account," then you're ready.

The best thing in business is to follow your gut. If a decision is not sitting well with you, don't just make it.

I do have a natural sense for business, which I think I get from my Dad.

I never get the accountants in before I start up a business. It's done on gut feeling, especially if I can see that they are taking the mickey out of the consumer.

In the same way that I tend to make up my mind about people within thirty seconds of meeting them, I also make up my mind about whether a business proposal excites me within about thirty seconds of looking at it. I rely far more on gut instinct than researching huge amounts of statistics.