Ryan Lilly Quotes & Sayings

Life is like a game of limbo in reverse. The bar keeps rising higher and we need to keep rising to the occasion. — Ryan Lilly

Contributors and distributors tend to do better at personal branding than takers and fakers. — Ryan Lilly

A personal brand, once local and temporal, is now global and forever. That's the blessing and the curse of the internet with regards to your reputation. — Ryan Lilly

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

I like to go to Starbucks and watch the intellectuals. I observe them and their intellectualness. They in turn observe me drinking coffee and being a creeper. — Ryan Lilly

Legacy accounting: Will you have been an asset or a liability on the world's balance sheet? — Ryan Lilly

Stop waiting for creative inspiration. Start creating and inspire yourself along the way. — Ryan Lilly

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. — Ryan Lilly

Unwavering incremental change can create remarkable and monumental results. — Ryan Lilly

The most honorable part of a network are the hubs, not the nodes that lead to nowhere. — Ryan Lilly

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. — Ryan Lilly

You don't have to submerge. Just take a D.I.P. in Daily Incremental Progress. — Ryan Lilly

A brand precedes, parallels, and leaves a path behind. What your brand will say, is saying, and has said matters more the deeper we go into the globalized, digitized, connection economy. — Ryan Lilly

Capitalize on charm by continually captivating your customer. — Ryan Lilly

Corporate & personal branding both require storytelling to be captivating. Stories provide context, meaning & the opportunity for relationship. — Ryan Lilly

I surround myself with books when I write, thus surrounding myself with writers... only they don't critique me and then get up for coffee. — Ryan Lilly

Procrastinators are pros at neglecting now and languishing later. — Ryan Lilly

20% of management theories are responsible for 80% of results. That's assuming the Pareto Principle makes the cut. — Ryan Lilly

Metal business cards are a good investment. Especially if you were to meet Magneto. He would have no other choice but to be attracted to you. — Ryan Lilly

Beautiful mosaics are made of broken or torn material. The most spectacular personal brands are compilations of the same. — Ryan Lilly

Most startups actually start down and only go up if they catch the winds of market demand. — Ryan Lilly

Never underestimate the collective strength of your weakest connections. — Ryan Lilly

Life is a web of intersections and choices. Your 1st choice is to recognize an intersection. Your 2nd choice is to be grateful for it. — Ryan Lilly

A life spent at the edge of the pier is a life full of regret, a life full of fear. — Ryan Lilly

The only personal branding consultant who can ever hope to have a clear understanding of you and your value can be found in the mirror. — Ryan Lilly

There's been a lot written on the topic of minimalism. But I still believe in it. — Ryan Lilly

Social media is not just a spoke on the wheel of marketing. It's becoming the way entire bicycles are built. — Ryan Lilly

Fortune follows those who can create ideas by connecting old ones. Strong personal brands are created when connection and creation connect. — Ryan Lilly

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. — Ryan Lilly

A quote is a story, suspended in a sentence and treasured through time. — Ryan Lilly

I get this buzz every time I'm quoted online. The ego high... yes... but also a Google Alert. — Ryan Lilly

The study of personal branding brings one to realize everything is personal and everyone is branded. — Ryan Lilly

Consuming the content and culture of creatives does not make one a creative. Creating makes a creative. — Ryan Lilly

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

I'm friends with a guy who is friends with a former Playboy model. So I guess you could say I'm 1 degree away from 212 degrees. — Ryan Lilly

I've never written a quote I feel would be suitable for my gravestone. Wouldn't it be ironic if it were this one? Oh, and could you pull a few weeds while you're here? — Ryan Lilly

A personal brand should not be elevated if there is nothing underneath the label. — Ryan Lilly

Those with calling also find wealth, so jump and start swimming towards your true self. — Ryan Lilly

Never fear starting. Fear never starting. — Ryan Lilly

If you're struggling to "think outside the box" remember the box is self-imposed. Who says it has to be a box? Why not a bowl of petunias? — Ryan Lilly

Create lightning bolt ideas during brainstorms by causing disturbances in your atmosphere. — Ryan Lilly

I want my online content to be so good that Google's web crawler stops and says "Dayyyum son! — Ryan Lilly

Change occurs when excuses pivot to execution. — Ryan Lilly

I'm considering writing a self-help book and giving people 20 cents to read it. This way, I can be sure they all get new paradigms. — Ryan Lilly

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. — Ryan Lilly

Those without passion are often passed and shunned. — Ryan Lilly

Self leadership requires us to lead and motivate ourselves. But it looks a heck of a lot like schizophrenia during a ropes course. — Ryan Lilly

Sensible brands lend themselves to all of the senses. — Ryan Lilly

Success in life is about project management. Determine deliverables, make milestones, and always pursue the critical path. — Ryan Lilly

Business ideas are like those flying dragons in Avatar. First you have to find one, let it choose you, then be brave enough to ride it. — Ryan Lilly

My greatest expectation is that I expect more of myself than anyone could expect. — Ryan Lilly

The one thing all entrepreneurs have in common is that they started. The one thing everyone else has in common is that they haven't. — Ryan Lilly

Entrepreneurs see what others can't, do what others won't, and accomplish what others dream. — Ryan Lilly

Leadership calculus: always choose to rise over run. — Ryan Lilly

Be a pro at what you do. No one shows-up to meetings of the Unsuccessful Skydivers Club. — Ryan Lilly

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

For a case study in personal branding. Google "Jarod Kintz." He's kind of a big deal. — Ryan Lilly

Entrepreneurs don't ask for permission. They act per a mission. — Ryan Lilly

My best ideas come in the shower, where I'm showered with water, but also ideas. — Ryan Lilly

Entrepreneurs see the "no diving" sign and back-up to get a running start. — Ryan Lilly

Collaborators let down their guards. Successful collaborators still carry a taser. — Ryan Lilly

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. — Ryan Lilly

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

Build a valuable brand by branding what is valuable about you. — Ryan Lilly

The best cure for a stick up your butt is a dog to play fetch with. — Ryan Lilly

Imagine our imaginations were limited only to the limitless. Still, it wouldn't matter without a motivation to move. — Ryan Lilly

A hammer made of deadlines is the surest tool for crushing writer's block. — Ryan Lilly

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

Part of my soul goes into each quote I write. A book of my quotes can be yours for just $19.99. — Ryan Lilly

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. — Ryan Lilly

A degree helps to a degree, but your work is largely what you create it to be. — Ryan Lilly

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

We are not creators; only combiners of the created. Invention isn't about new ingredients, but new recipes. And innovations taste the best. — Ryan Lilly

Carve-out a niche, craft a personal pitch, push-out content and your brand is enriched. — Ryan Lilly

Pass on it if you're not passionate; for convictions create clear choices. — Ryan Lilly

Let's form a committee tasked with exploring why committees are so ineffective. Then we'll stand-back and watch it argue and self-destruct. — Ryan Lilly

I've written for the waste basket so often that we've become friends. He writes too, but it's mostly garbage. — Ryan Lilly

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

Jarod Kintz gets so many retweets, he's like Katniss Everdeen with tourettes in a forest full of Mockingjays. — Ryan Lilly

Never before have the tools of value creation been so great and the potential artisans so busy watching the Kardashians. — Ryan Lilly

I wonder if the highlighter was highlight of the career for the person who invented it? — Ryan Lilly

Run after today, lest you run out of tomorrows. — Ryan Lilly

The focus of gap analysis should be getting to the other side. If you bend-over to analyze a gap too long, you'll probably fall into it. — Ryan Lilly