“Google’s approach — solve the hard technical problems first, worry about the business model later — is rooted in the engineering background of Google Founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin. In contrast, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos spent almost a decade working for several Wall Street firms before starting Amazon — a background that gives him a more pragmatic outlook that’s more focused on developing products customers will actually want to pay for.”
“So many talented creators don’t do what they love for a living because they either underestimate their value, or they don’t understand the mechanics of monetizing their talent.”
“Every piece highlighted here truly changed the way I work.”
“How often do you plan each year based on what you intend to do during the next year, or the one after that? Everything you do is positioning. Are you positioning yourself to do AMAZING things in 1, 3, or 5 years from now?”
“If you’re watching this on December 23rd, you should make December 23rd resolutions. Waiting…until when the calendar flips to start making your life better is silly at best.”
“Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another.” — Madonna
“Feedback is just feedback. Learn to receive it as a surprise gift. A surprise gift unveils a part of you that is visible to others but not necessarily to you.”
“To match the number of novels, letters, essays and other scribblings Asimov produced in his lifetime, you would have to write a full-length novel every two weeks for 25 years.”
“It’s dangerous to think that there is one special person that can give you all the answers and help you.”
“Fail to give [people] the skills to be part of a fast-changing, interconnected, digital economy, and they will strive to take it apart, as voters around the world are doing now.”