30 Days of Genius- Gary Vaynerchuk

Gary Vaynerchuk's words are in bold. My comments are in italics. 

• "You’re not going to become more talented. The only thing you can control is time."
• No matter how hard you work, you likely won't become the greatest anything in the world. 10,000 hours of photography will make you a better photographer, but not the best. However, you won't get any better without putting the time into it, so don't let anything stop you.

• "If you complain, you need to look at what you’re spending your time on."
• We all have the same amount of time in a day. We each just use it differently. If things aren't going well in business, start calculating how much time you spend watching TV. If things aren't great in your marriage, ask yourself how much time you spend with your partner.

• "You’re so lucky. You could have been an ant."
• The most meta of facts. We're all humans. We're all in the year 2016. Many of us are in the United States or another first world democracy. The freedom we have to explore, experiment, try, work, thrive, live, exist, create, fail, succeed- anything- is unprecedented in the history of any species in the entire world. 

• "Never let follower count become a self estimate barometer. Become a craftsman."  
• Create content regardless of who follows you. If you're a photographer who missed the bandwagon on Instagram, that doesn't mean you shouldn't start now. Even if you never hit thousands of followers, you'll be more prepared and more talented when the next tool comes around.

• Do you love your craft, scaling your craft, or just the money?
• There is a difference between the man who loves to code, the one who loves building software businesses, and the one who loves the enormous money he can make through his business. Not to say that one is better or worse than the other- you just need to recognize which one you are and use that to play to your strengths and happiness.  

• You’ve got to play the small clubs to play the stadiums.
• You won't start off being paid $10K a speech. Your first artwork won't sell for $5K. Your first blog post won't get 1000 views. But your second will get closer to it. And then your third. Play the small clubs, and you'll get invited to the stadiums.

• "Never do the next job for the same price you did the last one for."
• Always expect more from yourself, and others will do the same for you. Confidence and determined self-expectation of growth will lead to the world having higher expectations for you.