Andy Robert

Empowering architects to transform the AEC industry through technology and team-driven collaboration 🚀
Co-founder & CEO @lifeatslantis

[Physics & Astronomy Zone @zone_astronomy]

The highest quality video of the moon was just released… this is so beautiful.

[Tim Denning @Tim_Denning]

High intelligence is being delusionally optimistic, not having a PhD.

[Naval @naval]

Don’t make things so you can make money; make money so you can make things.

[Navalism @NavalismHQ]

"Escape competition through authenticity."

@naval

[Navalism @NavalismHQ]

"Clear Thinker" is a better compliment than "Smart."

@naval

[Navalism @NavalismHQ]

"Money does buy happiness, if you earned it."

@naval

[Prof. Feynman @ProfFeynman]

Simplicity isn't the lack of complexity; it's the clarity of understanding.

[Navalism @NavalismHQ]

"Don’t settle, and don’t struggle. Life is what flows in between."

@naval

[Navalism @NavalismHQ]

"The overeducated are worse off than the undereducated, having traded common sense for the illusion of knowledge."

@naval

[Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar]

The best CEO advice I received throughout my career:

• customer service is not a department
• sales is the hardest job in any company
• our job is to educate and inspire
• customer focus > competitor focus
• always try to add value and be helpful
• own it and never point fingers
• learn and use people’s names
• show up when it matters most to your customers
• earn a seat next to your customer, not across from her
• we are all in sales
• stay accessible, curious and humble
• people do business with people they trust, respect and like
• if you are waiting for a title to lead, you are not ready to lead
• the language of business is finance
• there are no IT projects, only business projects
• pay your best people the very best you can
• hire people based on their good judgment and high rate of learning
• in a celebration lead from the back, in a crisis lead from the front
• you are not a team because you work together - you are a team because you trust, respect and care for each other
• to improve the customer experience, start with the employee experience
• you are not taller by making others look smaller
• revenue growth ahead of expenses
• remove bad apples quickly
• leave your desk and spend time with customers
• culture is what happens when the managers leave the room
• tactics drive strategy
• there is nothing more important than our customers
• if you are waiting for a better title to lead, you are not ready to lead
• business is personal - you can be decisive and also be kind, graceful and empathetic
• recognize effort but reward outcomes
• your company is only as good as the company you keep

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

The “approve cookie” banner is super annoying. It should be removed.

[Naval @naval]

Nothing will attract people to you as much as your values.

[Naval @naval]

The struggle between collectivists and individualists is as old as humanity.

[Yuval Noah Harari @harari_yuval]

With the US elections just around the corner, some food for thought about #democracy, #dictatorship and #truth.
@billmaher

[Naval @naval]

To find the truth in something, remove your self from it.

[Codie Sanchez @Codie_Sanchez]

Biographies of billionaires teach you more than self help business books.

[Brian Chesky @bchesky]

Women founders have been reaching out to me over the past 24 hours about how they don’t have permission to run their companies in Founder Mode the same way men can. This needs to change

[Andy Robert @andurobert]

Check out my latest article: What remains unchanged: Collaboration and Human Connections https://t.co/H61MyecBcP via @LinkedIn