the fastest route is not always a straight line

Important long-term career advice:

1 you are not your job
2 I can > IQ
3 do not speak poorly about others
4 there is no career ladder
5 lift up others and you become the ladder
6 you do not need a title to lead
7 always meet deadlines
8 deliver outside your job description
9…

Airbnb CEO: winning an argument is never more important than preserving the relationship.

Naval Ravikant: the best way to grow your network is by doing something great

Nvidia CEO in 2009: we believe the GPU is going to be much more important over time

Elon Musk: combining ideas from different industries is really helpful for innovation

What children learn at some kindergartens in China

To be remembered, be the best at what you do and put a smile on people’s faces

Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence.

Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent.

Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts.

Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. —Calvin Coolidge

The problem is not people being uneducated.

The problem is that people are educated just enough to believe what they have been taught, and not educated enough to question anything from what they have been taught.

—Professor Richard Feynman

The only way to do great work is to love what you do. —Steve Jobs

Jeff Bezos reminds us that there are ‘thousands of ways to be smart’

Nvidia CEO: you cannot show me a task that is beneath me.

Stay humble, grateful, optimistic and hungry. Be resilient. Be forward looking.

The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten.

character is how you treat those who can do nothing for you

No matter how educated, talented or rich you are, how you treat people ultimately tells all.

8 habits of highly effective people, by Stephen Covey:

1 be proactive
2 begin with end in mind
3 put first things first
4 think win-win
5 seek first to understand, then be understood
6 synergize
7 sharpen the saw
8 inner self growth and development

1 be proactive: proactive…

The best advice Warren Buffett gave at this weekend’s Berkshire conference had nothing to do with investing.

“Often times, the ones that are successful loved what they did so they could persevere when it got really tough.”

~ Steve Jobs

The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read. —Mark Twain