"Be
sure to ‘notice’ ideas when you have them. Stop.
Take the
time to consider them seriously. And if your gut tells you they're compelling,
be fearless in their pursuit." Tim Westergren
"Whether
it is a change of job, or an entrepreneurial dream, the less you NEED to spend
each month, the easier it is to follow those dreams."Jimmy Wales
“Back in
the late 1990s when I was a 19-year-old engineer at Netzee--much like other
bright, young, ‘hot-shot’ engineers today--I had this sense that I knew
everything, and I didn’t realize the importance of really listening to those
who were more experienced. What I have realized since then, is that one of the
most important things you can do is to surround yourself with great people, and
to listen to them."Bill Ready
"The
number one piece of advice I would share is to recruit a mentor. Find someone
you admire who is at least one generation older, and has no direct authority
over you. Lack of context and perspective can cost you months and years--with a
bad career choice, an unwise relocation, short-term negotiating posture, and,
generally speaking, sophomoric thinking."Bing Gordon
“If I had
one piece of advice to give my younger self it would be to stop doing what
makes you unhappy and focus on what makes you truly happy. This philosophy,
strongly advocated by the Dalai Lama, seems simplistic but its power lies in
the fact that it forces you to reflect on what is really important to you and
not be distracted by what other people think."Philippe Courtot
“For most
of my twenties I assumed that the world was more interested in me than I was in
it, so I spent most of my time talking, usually in a quite uninformed way,
about whatever I thought, rushing to be clever, thinking about what I was going
to say to someone rather than listening to what they were saying to me. Slowing
oneself down, engaging rather than endlessly debating and really taking the
time to hear and learn is the greatest luxury of becoming older.” Paul Bennett
"Your
happiness is at the intersection of your passions and learning from great
people. Working at a big company sucks--avoid it. Smaller companies are 10
times better for learning. Be generous with your time and money--it has an
amazingly fast payback. Be in the moment with everyone you love--and this
frequently means tuning out work completely. And drive slow in parking
lots."Scott
Weiss
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