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The most important thing in life will always be the people in this room… …Walk Good. 28all. Eya. The Warm-Up: “Leadership begins with your behavior. What’s more powerful? A manager or coach or teacher who tells you the right thing to do? Or one who shows you how to live and work by example? People gravitate toward the standard you set, not the standard you request.” ~James Clear The Core: “Great people change you, not by expectation but by inspiration.” ~Naval Ravikant “Don’t trade what is most valuable for the soul for what is more desirable in the moment.” ~Wade Joye “Obstacles are meant to be circumvented. Don’t make the mistake of confusing a fork in the road for a dead end.” ~Michell C Clark “You dropped a hundred and fifty grand on an education you coulda’ picked up for a dollar fifty in late charges at the Public Library.” ~Good Will Hunting “Massive growth happens when you realize that taking a loss isn’t as big of a deal, as holding fear is. Always prefer loss to fear, and the take the chance.” ~Dr. Julie Gurner “I really want us to move away from the idea that hyper visibility = success. We tend to conflate ‘being seen a lot’ with ‘being good’ or of quality and that’s not always the case.” ~Fatou B. Barry “Discernment will save you from so much unnecessary pain and heartache. When people show you who they are, believe them. When your intuition tells you that a situation is not meant for you, pay attention.” ~Michell C Clark “Buyers seeing higher cap rates than they’re used to. They jump in, make an offer, offer accepted. Then they call their lender. Oops—doesn’t pencil. Lots of buyers crying wolf. Lots of deals not actually closing.” ~@realEstateTrent “Good luck today on the draft. But I gotta tell you that doesn’t mean anything. I was the 41st pick and nobody counted me. …Just work hard, surround yourself with good people that you trust.” ~Nikola Jokic, in a message to Anthony Black on draft night “When they don’t know what ‘box’ to put you in…thank God. Creativity is an act of rebellion…it requires you to: *make moves without being understood. *forge new paths without a blueprint, and *be guided by your intuition instead of following convention.” ~Matt Gottesman “I ‘failed’ at web design, SEO, graphic design, digital art, content marketing, dropshipping, photography, multiple ecom brands, and more. And yet, every single one of those taught me a lesson that built my brand to where it is today. Your portfolio of failures is your edge.” ~Dan Koe “The median startup fails. If you copy the median startup—you will fail. Copying the median smart person ‘works’ in high school, college, and big companies. It doesn’t work in startups. It’s okay to be different. You *must* be better. This is a common message at YC.” ~Michael Seibel “You are happy because you are surrounded by people you trust and love. You are healthy because you are in control of your impulses and habits. You are wealthy because you started investing long-term decades ago. You are relaxed because you are in control of your time.” ~Orange Book “ ‘People want to know about the guy, not the deal.’ ‘In the first meeting,’ he went on, ‘quit selling. If you’re trying to raise black box money for ten years, that’s a six-month process. Slow the bus down. You don’t marry your wife on the first date. Get them to want to have a beer with you with, get them to trust you and then we’ll have all the time in the world to sell the maths.’” ~Bill Miles anecdote in The Dealmaker, by Guy Hands Last Set: “Build the company you want to work for, that’s how you become an entrepreneur. Write the book you want to read, that’s how you become an author. What you do will become who you are—you become xyz not by watching others, but by doing it yourself. What you create creates you: To create is to reveal what only you can see to everyone else, using yourself as an instrument to deliver values into the world. To create is to bring forth something from nothing, to have something exist because of you, and to be able to leave something that outlives you.” ~@SchrodingrsBrat Food For Thought: “In a high trust society, older people mentor the younger people they view as worthy, and prepare them to take over their roles. In a low trust society, older people often see younger people as a threat to their position, and actively sabotage them to stop them ascending.” ~@TellYourSonThis
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