People give advice based on what worked for them, and that advice might not necessarily be unique or helpful to you.

If that is your passion and it's not moving units, then make that mixtape and listen to it in your closet.

Passion is a luxury of the rich. It's usually the output of being great at something, not the input.

Most people would be better off focusing on being skilled and valuable in the areas where the market has demand.

Passion tends to follow competence, not the other way around.

You have to leverage your income to get financing. They leverage assets to get financing.

If you're speaking to somebody successful, they’re packaging their story in a way that negates the fact that there's timing you have to take account for.

Luck can only will get you in the door. And then you got to do something or you're going to fall off.

The same strategy I implemented back then might not work now because the reality is timing.

You can do everything right and my advice might still not be optimal for you.

The value of money was different back then. The value of houses was different back then.

Always lean towards structural advice.

If your passion does not pay any bills, it is stress. It's not freedom.

Follow your passion if it has utility and you can make something out of it.

Advice should not be used as research.

The advice is just add-on pieces to it. It's not the road map. It's not your foundation.

To be a business person, you have to understand when am I reacting emotionally and when is am I reacting logically.

The people that love you the most are the ones that give you worst advice.

If your investor says do this, you know that might be one that you want to listen to.