Be clear on your goal but flexible on the process of achieving it. Be willing to consider a variety of different ways to achieve the same result. Don't be rigid with your primary strategies, keep an open mind.
In your career, you will meet a co-worker who hates you for no reason. It is very important you keep showing up at your best, keep triggering them and their insecurities.
Corporate life will teach you that knowing the job is only half the battle. The real skill is staying calm in meetings, reading the room, managing ego, receiving vague feedback, and not replying emails with your real thoughts.
There is money in this world. Insane money. Your mates are making ridiculous money out there because of information, access, and network. Pressure yourself, you are not doing enough.
8,000,000,000 people on Earth. Almost no one knows you exist. The few who do are too busy to care. Relax. No one’s watching. Dear son, Go build your life.
People with high standards are very skilled at detachment and cut people off at the slightest sign of disrespect. they don’t tolerate disrespect even as a joke.
Intelligent people are OBSERVANT. They read people quickly but pretend they didn’t notice. They let you talk, reveal yourself, cross lines, and expose your intentions. Then they act once they know exactly who you are.
I don’t care about feeling seen at work. I don’t want to be involved in team-building activities or forced workplace bonding. I just want to do my job, get my paycheck, go home, and read books that make me feel human again.
Nobody claps for a man while he is building. His family doubts him, and friends disappear. Then one day, the results speak, and everyone acts like they believed in him. Crazy life.