Larry's Advice

When at BYU, I took a class in entrepreneurship from Utah Jazz Owner and respected businessman, Larry H. Miller. This is a list he gave me of advice and favorite sayings:

Larry's Advice:
1. The only stupid question is an unasked question
2. Even more important than the will to win is the will to prepare to win.
3. You don't have to blow out the other person's candle to let your own shine.
4. Don't make a bad deal just to make a deal.
5. Keep money in perspective.
6. Be patient.
7. Life is a journey, not a destination.
8. Play to your own strengths.
9. Trust your instincts. You have within you abilities to deal with everything you will need to.
10. Manage business at the level of business you're actually doing, not the level you wish you were doing.
11. Learn not to confuse the elements of motion and progress. Progress always requires motion, but motion isn't always progress.

Some Favorite Sayings:
A. Are we mortal beings having a spiritual experience, or are we spiritual beings having a mortal experience?
B. When the student is prepared, the teacher will appear.
C. Children are the messengers we send to a time we'll never see.
D. When obedience ceases to be an irritant and becomes our quest, in that moment God will endow us with power.
E. If we were charged with being followers of Jesus Christ, would there be enough evidence to convict us?