Tom Preston - GitHub

"When I'm old and dying, I plan to look back on my life

and say 'wow, that was an adventure,' not 'wow, I sure felt safe.'"

Tom Preston - GitHub

Arnold Rothstein (Boardwalk Empire) - Age of Information

It's the age of information.

And a businessman lives and sometimes dies on its value.

Boardwalk Empire - Arnold Rothstein played by Michael Stuhlbarg

Frank Underwood (House of Cards) - Defy Him

"Sometimes the only way to gain your superiors respect is to defy him."

House of Cards - Frank Underwood played by Kevin Spacey

Dr. Robert Schuller - Tough People

“Tough times never last, but tough people do.”

Dr. Robert Schuller - Retired Minister/Motivational Speaker

Norman Vaughn - Dare to Fail

“Dream big and dare to fail.”

Norman Vaughan - Explorer/American Dogsled Driver

Winston Churchill - Ethusiasm

“Success is going from failure to failure

without losing your enthusiasm.”

Winston Churchill, Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Tony Hsieh - Chase the Vision

“Chase the vision, not the money, the money will end up following you.”

Tony Hsieh - Zappos CEO

Jeffrey Zeldman - Stolen Design

“Don’t worry about people stealing your design work.

Worry about the day they stop.”

Jeffrey Zeldman, A List Apart Publisher

Frank Underwood (House of Cards) - Hunt or Be Hunted

"For those of us climbing to the top of the food chain, there can be no mercy.

There is but one rule: hunt or be hunted."

House of Cards, Frank Underwood played by Kevin Spacey

Arnold Rothstein (Boardwalk Empire) - Reputation

"Reputation takes a lifetime to build, but only seconds to destroy."

Boardwalk Empire - Arnold Rothstein played by Michael Stuhlbarg

Jordan Belfort - Backed Up in a Corner

“I want you to back yourself into a corner.

Give yourself no choice but to succeed.

Let the consequences of failure become so dire and so unthinkable

that you’ll have no choice but to do whatever it takes to succeed.”

The Wolf of Wall Street (Book) - Jordan Belfort

Moe Greene (Godfather) - Business to Run

"I got a business to run.

I gotta kick asses sometimes to make it run right."

The Godfather - Moe Greene played at Alex Rocco