Ryan Lilly Quotes

Personal brands are determined by a track record of actions, not a track record of plans.

Don't simply dream, create. Don't simply create, ship. Don't simply ship, dream.

Entrepreneurs pay the price of a road less traveled, while everyone else takes the freeway and perpetually misses their own exit.

I’m creating a self help show called Self Talk. I’ll insult myself for an hour then open phone lines to a fitness coach & my mother-in-law.

There’s been a lot written on the topic of minimalism. But I still believe in it.

The opportunity cost of an unlived dream is not only that dream, but also the dreams the dream was meant to inspire.

Progress across the time axis is passive. Progress up the results axis is passion.

If your personal brand were at a trade show alongside several thousand others, how would you fare? Now scale that to the global economy.

I enjoy self-publishing & sending publishers rejection letters. They're like, 'Who is this guy?' And I'm like, 'the end of your industry.

The best way to get over your fear of meeting new people is to imagine them naked. Unless you’re networking at a nudist camp, then you may have to get more creative.

Look yourself in the eyes in a mirror each day. You can ignore the small voice still inside you, but your reflection will always have something to say.

A product in the marketplace is the result of thought in an inner space and action more than the common place.

Success = Wisdom + Courage + Discipline. KNOW what to do, be BRAVE enough to do it, and LEAD YOURSELF to doing it again and again.

The heart pointed to the brain and said with great disdain, “Those who live their lives in here live the lives most full of fear.

In the long-run, regrets consist less of bad choices and more of choices not made at all. Little do we realize, those were choices too.

A personal brand is determined by what you have created, whom you have connected, and how you have made those people feel.

I check every can of Barbasol I buy for dinosaur embryos. I haven't found any yet, as evidenced by the lack of T-Rex screams in my apartment.

Entrepreneurs often underestimate costs and overestimate rewards. But the fact that they estimate & still take action sets them apart from peers.

Deciding which relationships to pursue can be difficult. Especially if you’re trying to get hired by the Magic 8 Ball factory and that little triangle thing isn't floating right.

Every day is full of opportunities, but an opportunity is full of only so many days.

Yeast is to flour as action is to ambition. Rising to success requires adding and alternating starters.

You can't force creatives into a box. If you try, they'll no longer be creative. And no one will want your box.

The greatest irony is that people with Rolodexes are no longer LinkedIn. And if that pun doesn't make sense, don’t ask anyone in your Rolodex to explain it.