It’s not about kissing ass. It’s not about making someone look good. It’s about providing the support so that others can be good. The better wording for the advice is this: Find canvases for other peo...
It means accepting that others might be more qualified or specialized in areas in which you considered yourself competent—or at least their time is better spent on them than yours.
It is said of the Jews, deprived of a stable homeland for so long, their temples destroyed, and their communities in the Diaspora, that they were forced to rebuild not physically but within their mind...
It doesn’t matter whether this is the worst time to be alive or the best, whether you’re in a good job market or a bad one, or that the obstacle you face is intimidating or burdensome. What matters is...
In its own way, the most harmful dragon we chase is the one that makes us think we can change things that are simply not ours to change. That someone decided not to fund your company, this isn’t up to...
In Silicon Valley, start-ups don’t launch with polished, finished businesses. Instead, they release their Minimum Viable Product (MVP)—the most basic version of their core idea with only one or two es...
Ego is more than just off-putting and obnoxious. Instead, it’s the sworn enemy of our ability to learn and grow.
Desperation, despair, fear, powerlessness—these reactions are functions of our perceptions. You must realize: Nothing makes us feel this way; we choose to give in to such feelings.
Claro, el ego les ha funcionado a algunas personas. Muchos de los hombres y las mujeres más famosos de la historia fueron claramente egocéntricos. Pero muchos de los fracasos más grandes también fuero...
At the beginning of any path, we’re excited and nervous. So we seek to comfort ourselves externally instead of inwardly. There’s a weak side to each of us, that—like a trade union—isn’t exactly malici...
As the Quaker William Penn observed, Buildings that lie so exposed to the weather need a good foundation.
As screenwriter William Goldman famously put it, nobody knows anything—even the people in charge. It’s all a big gamble.
As a general rule, however, the more accessible you can make your product, the easier it will be to market. You can always raise the price later, after you’ve built an audience.
As Chris Hedges, the philosopher and journalist, wrote, In an age of images and entertainment, in an age of instant emotional gratification, we neither seek nor want honesty or reality. Reality is com...
Are you okay being alone? Are you strong enough to go a few more rounds if it comes to that? Are you comfortable with challenges? Does uncertainty bother you? How does pressure feel? Because these thi...
Appearances are deceiving. Having authority is not the same as being an authority. Having the right and being right are not the same either. Being promoted doesn’t necessarily mean you’re doing good w...
And that’s the final part: Stay moving, always. Like Earhart, Rommel knew from history that those who attack problems and life with the most initiative and energy usually win. He was always pushing ah...
Always prepared for disruption, always working that disruption into our plans. Fitted, as they say, for defeat or victory.
Always prepare ourselves for more difficult times. Always accept what we’re unable to change. Always manage our expectations. Always persevere. Always learn to love our fate and what happens to us. Al...
Algunos aprenden humildad. Otros eligen el ego. Algunos están preparados para las vicisitudes del destino, tanto las positivas como las negativas. Otros no. ¿Cuál de los dos elige ser? ¿Quién será?