In the long run, the right opportunities don't just find you, they recognize you.
Sometimes you work so hard toward something only to watch it go to someone else. It feels like losing something that was already yours.
But keep working. Keep building. Keep becoming someone the right things are drawn to.
What's yours will find you. It always does.
You can take things seriously without taking them personally.
Our tendency is to turn any criticism or complaint into a personal attack. We reply to it, defend against it, build a counter-argument, lose sleep over it.
You don't have to eat everything that is served to you. You can respond to criticism without digesting criticism. Take what's useful, do your best to improve, and leave the rest.
Calling a generation "lazy" is the easiest way to avoid fixing a toxic work culture. People aren't afraid of hard work, they are afraid of wasted effort. If the reward for high performance is just more stress, the only logical move is to opt out.
“Money buys privacy, silence. the less money you have, the noisier it is; the thinner your walls, the closer your neighbors. the first thing you notice when you step into the house or apartment of a rich person is how quiet it is.”
- Fran Lebowitz
The longer you run companies, the more you realize a CEO only needs to do 3 things:
1. Find and build a great team.
2. Never run out of money & make more of it.
3. Set the vision & goals for the company.