Darius Tan

Truth about passive income: Gurus have high passive income because they had high active income from selling you their program. Considering 10% growth/year, Your 100k only gets you 10k. Their 1m gets them $100k. Raise your active income first.

When you level up, some friends will become limiters. Limiters hit a ceiling and they'll... - tell you things can't be done - moan more about others - ask you to slow down - project what they think is right on you Solution is simple: remove them or you'll be one of them

I’ve hired dozens of A players who have all stayed for our clients to scale to 7 figures. The key is grading the right fit. Right person: values aligned Right bus: vision aligned Right seat: responsibilities are clear & trainable

When reviewing your strategy, It’s not about whether it works or not. It’s to what % it works in getting the results you want. And what’s stopping it from working a 100%?

There will be always be grass that looks greener on the other side, you just gotta focus on growing your grass further.

The greatest ideas are usually the simplest. If you find it hard to communicate it, you just gotta simplify it.

You can proactively learn now by paying in effort Or reactively learn later by paying in cash

So many verbal guarantees nowadays. If you really mean what you say, place it down in the contract. That’s 100% conviction.

It doesn’t matter if you’re ahead or behind of the game. There are many ahead yet feeling miserable. What matters most is enjoying the game you play.

Boring Work vs Boring Business. Boring work exists in any business. Do it to get to the exciting parts. But avoid a boring business. The more work you do, the worse it gets.

Most opportunities are distractions in disguise. The real opportunities are the ones that move you towards your vision, not to someone else’s

Majority expects to beat 99% of their competition… When they’re running the same way as them. Seriously… if you want different results, you need different activities.

The 1 thing that entrepreneurs hate: Tracking data. But boring data is what brings certainty in your business. Without it, you’re making guesses that self inflicts more uncertainty into the business.

Your life builds where your focus is Focusing on what you lack gets you to live from a space of scarcity. You’re trapped within what you currently have Focusing on what you can gain gets you to live from a space of abundance. You’re liberated with the potential of your future

It’s not how great of a result you want, but how great of a practice you have. As long as you enforce high standards of practice on your day to day life, the results will take care of itself.

Your struggles are just a test. Overcoming them is the true qualification of your expertise.

1 rule to abide everyday: You must start the day with 1 income generating activity. Feel free to do whatever else after that.

Desire > Distractions. You only have distractions because you lack a big enough desire. Focus intensifies when desire is amplified.