The Power of Broke: How Empty Pockets, a Tight Budget, and a Hunger for Success Can Become Your Greatest Competitive Advantage

by Daymond John

Innovation happens from the bottom up, not the top down.

“You lost your edge….You didn’t look hungry. No, when we fought, you had the eye of the tiger, man. The edge. And now you got to get it back. And the way to get it back is to go back to the beginning.”

because we had no choice but to succeed.

you’ve got to give to get, man.

Mentors are great, but sometimes a cheerleader is even better.

‘be in the efforts business, not the results business.’

don’t just spend your time looking for new customers—spend time looking at ways to keep selling to the customers you already have.

“If people aren’t laughing at your dreams, then you’re not dreaming big enough.”

we were rich in possibility, rich in hopes and dreams, rich in determination…and that’s the whole point of this book.