How to Win at the Sport of Business: If I Can Do It, You Can Do It

by Mark Cuban

I’m not going to go to dinner with you just to chat. I’m not going to give you a call to see how you are. Unless you want to talk business. Other guys play fantasy sports. I fire the synapses to get an edge. That’s what success is all about. It’s about the edge. It’s not whom you know. It’s not how much money you have. It’s very simple. It’s whether or not you have the edge and have the guts to use it. The edge is getting so jazzed about what you do, you just spent 24 hours straight working on a project and you thought only a couple of hours had passed. The edge is knowing that you have to be the smartest guy in the room when you have your meeting and you are going to put in the effort to learn whatever you need to learn to get there. The edge is knowing that when the four girlfriends you have had in the last couple years asked you which was more important, them or your business, you gave the right answer. The edge is knowing that you can fail and learn from it, and just get back up and in the game. The edge is knowing that people think you’re crazy, and they are right, but you don’t care what they think. The edge is knowing how to blow off steam a couple times a week, just so you can refocus on business. The edge is knowing that you are getting to your goals and treating people right along the way, because as good as you can be, you are so focused that you need regular people around you to balance and help you. The edge is being able to confidently call out someone on a b...