Starting a business is like jumping out of an airplane without a parachute. In mid air, the entrepreneur begins building a parachute and hopes it opens before hitting the ground.
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The thing I always say to people is this: 'If you avoid failure, you also avoid success.'
Interpretation
What this quote means
Avoiding failure can lead to missing out on potential success.
This quote by Robert Kiyosaki highlights the inseparable relationship between failure and success. It suggests that in order to achieve great things, one must be willing to face failures along the way, as each failure provides valuable lessons and experiences that contribute to future successes.
Themes
FailureSuccessCourageRiskGrowth
In practice
Example use cases
This quote can be used in a motivational speech to encourage entrepreneurs to take risks.
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