It is only as we develop others that we permanently succeed.
Harvey S. FirestoneRead
If you have ideas, you have the main asset you need, and there isn't any limit to what you can do with your business and your life. Ideas are any man's greatest asset.
Interpretation
Ideas are essential for achieving success in business and life.
This quote emphasizes the fundamental role that ideas play in both business and personal success. It suggests that possessing innovative and creative ideas is the most valuable resource one can have, as these ideas can lead to limitless possibilities and achievements in various aspects of life.
In practice
In a motivational speech to inspire entrepreneurs at a conference.
When I was younger, I always dreamed of being a legend, to be remembered in figure skating.
I did envisage being this successful as a player, but not all the hysteria around it off the golf course.
I don't regret any of the places I went in football. Everything gave me an experience or memories that I'll have forever. We had more success in San Francisco, but it was a great time everywhere. I always had fun.
Glory lies in the attempt to reach one's goal and not in reaching it.
Building a mission and building a business go hand-in-hand. It is true that the primary thing that makes me excited about what we're doing is the mission, but I also think, from the very beginning, we've had this healthy understanding which is that we need to do both.
It means a great deal, I think, to start off on a foundation which one has made for oneself.
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