Which do you want? Freedom is the ability to set your schedule, to decide on the work you do, to make decisions. Responsibility is being held accountable for your actions. It might involve figuring out how to get paid for your work, owning your mistakes or having others count on you. Freedom without responsibility is certainly tempting, but there are few people who will give you that gig and take care of you and take responsibility for your work as well. Responsibility without freedom is stressful. There are plenty of jobs in this line of work, just as there are countless jobs where you have neither freedom nor responsibility. These are good jobs to walk away from. When in doubt, when you're stuck, when you're seeking more freedom, the surest long-term route is to take more responsibility. Freedom and responsibility aren't given, they're taken.
Don't find customers for your products. Find products for your customers.
What’s missing isn’t the ideas… it’s the will to execute them.
Making promises and keeping them is a great way to build a brand.
A brand is the set of expectations, memories, stories and relationships that, taken together, account for a consumer's decision to choose one product or service over another.
You can listen to what people say, sure. But you will be far more effective if you listen to what people do.