Ep. 1028 – The CEO’s Compass with Deborah Coviello (@DropinCEO)

“Every single one of your setbacks and every moment of adversity is truly your advantage. You just need to figure out how to frame it for you.” – Bianca D'Alessio

"I've never chased profits. I've chased helping people, and the profits chased me." – Chris Robinson

“Listen to that voice of intuition and prioritize it like never before.” – Joy Giovanni

“Own where you are at the moment.” – J.R. Martinez

“You have to create an undying, almost unrealistic belief in yourself.” – Eliot Marshall

“Be radical and revolutionary about self-care.” – Dr. Ro

“When you try to help everyone, you just help yourself right out of business.” - Tonya Eberhart

“Worrying will get you absolutely nowhere.” – Hank Phillippi Ryan

Kindness is and always will be important.

Karma works both ways. Use it to your advantage by putting out as much good as possible for others.

“No matter what you attract in accomplishments, it means nothing unless you build your life around who will be crying at your funeral.” – Simon T. Bailey

“You cannot go to divorce court with your body.” - Kimberly Spencer

“Write as boldly as you can and don’t worry about what people will think.” – Tosca Lee

“It’s one thing to know the gift, it’s another thing to nurture the gift.” – Dr. Ray Charles

Authentic Leadership

“To have a sense of humor is to be human.” – Art Bell

"Every reader has more books than they will read in their lifetime, and they will still buy more books today." - Honorée Corder

“Immediate gratification never creates lasting happiness.” - Douglas Vermeeren

Don’t assume that you will be a successful author without time, talent and or money.

“Don’t let fear masquerade as wisdom.” – Angel Aviles

“If you tell a story in the right way, it really has an impact.” – Ira Rosen

“Everything is a lot of work.” - Pamela Hilliard Owens

Solve people's pain point.

“The people who carry happy money are generally nice, generous, happy people.” – Ken Honda

“You are a lot more fortunate than everybody in the cemetery.” - Joe De Sena

“If you want to find the happiest place on the planet, believe it or not, it’s the pocket of twitter where the authors hang out. Especially the fiction writers.” - Catherine Saykaly-Stevens

"Luck is the ability to take the correct action in an opportunity." - Victoria M. Gallagher

"You are far more powerful than you've been told. We have a sense of powerlessness now…I just want you to know that this power, which is usually denied by authority figures, is something you were born with." - Lynne McTaggart

“Every breakthrough I've ever had in my whole life came from effective communication.” – Aurora Winter

"Technology has changed so much that the gatekeepers are no more. There's nothing stopping people from writing a book except themselves." – Christopher Greyson

“Let's think of ourselves as emotional explorers. And we're always like that. You know, Raiders of the Lost Ark exploration because we want to have that excitement that I think education and understanding new things gives us.” – Ivana Chubbuck

“We are so much more than we think we are, than we believe ourselves to be, and we’re so much more capable. It’s not just about achieving success, we are capable of incredible growth, of being beautiful human beings that love and care about others that connect with others from our hearts.” – Inna S…

“Every time something, an idea, a solution, a way, something happens that I couldn't have thought of myself. Whenever that happens in my life, I really do consider it a miracle.” – Sara Connell