Jordan Belfort
Jordan Belfort is an American author, motivational speaker, and former stockbroker, best known for his memoir "The Wolf of Wall Street." Born in 1962, he gained notoriety for his extravagant lifestyle and financial crimes in the 1990s. Following his conviction, Belfort reinvented himself as a speaker and writer, sharing insights on sales techniques and ethical business practices. His life story inspired the acclaimed 2013 film adaptation directed by Martin Scorsese.
Book summaries for books written by Jordan Belfort
Quotes
The only thing standing between you and your goal is the story you keep telling yourself as to why you can't achieve it.
The easiest way to make money is - create something of such value that everybody wants and go out and give and create value, the money comes automatically.
The only thing more powerful than a person's hunger for power is their hunger for money.
Act as if! Act as if you're a wealthy man, rich already, and then you'll surely become rich. Act as if you have unmatched confidence and then people will surely have confidence in you.
Without action, the best intentions in the world are nothing more than that: intentions.
The only thing standing between you and your goal is the bullshit story you keep telling yourself as to why you can't achieve it.
The only thing that's keeping you from getting what you want is the story you keep telling yourself.
The more you risk, the more you make. The guy who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing.
Winners use words that say 'must' and 'will'. Losers use words that say 'should' and 'would'.
There's no nobility in poverty.
The only thing that I thought was weird about [wealthy people] is that they didn't want to make more money.
You don't choose who you fall in love with, do you? And once you do fall in love - that obsessive sort of love, that all-consuming love, where two people can't stand to be apart from each other for even a moment - how are you supposed to let a love like that pass you by?