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Jobs encouraged Page to get rid of everything in Google that wasnt working, and focus on the things that make Google great, like search.

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Jobs once said to Ellison: "Larry, this is why it`s so important that I`m your friend. You don`t need any more money. ... I`m not doing this for the money, I don`t want to get paid. If I do this I need to do this standing on the moral high ground."

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Most people never pick up the phone and call, most people never ask, that`s what separates the people that do things from the people who just dream about them. You`ve got to act. You`ve got to be willing to fail. You`ve got to be willing to crash and burn.

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For every entrepreneur out there, the message is clear: be like The Beatles. Surround yourself with talented people - each talented in a different way, but who mesh well together. That`s the foundation upon which you can build business greatness.

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If you want to see change or innovation from a certain area, then they need the strong support of the CEO and they also should know the CEO is directly reviewing their ideas - no intermediary. Nothing shows the significance of something like the person in charge paying close attention

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"Where am I spending my time?" If you are what you focus on, then how and where you spend your time in your business says a lot about the direction you are going. And you don`t get to go back and try again

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My favorite things in life don’t cost any money. It’s really clear that the most precious resource we all have is time.

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I’m as proud of many of the things we haven’t done as the things we have done. Innovation is saying no to a thousand things.

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Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it.

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Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow know what you truly want to become.

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I think if you do something and it turns out pretty good, then you should go do something else wonderful, not dwell on it for too long. Just figure out what’s next.

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Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.

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When you’re a carpenter making a beautiful chest of drawers, you’re not going to use a piece of plywood on the back, even though it faces the wall and nobody will see it. You’ll know it’s there, so you’re going to use a beautiful piece of wood on the back. For you to sleep well at night, the aesthetic, the quality, has to be carried all the way through.

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That’s been one of my mantras—focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex; you have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple.

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Quality is more important than quantity. One home run is much better than two doubles.

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Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me. Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful...that’s what matters to me.