Dec. 31, 2015
Stayed up to last minute of 2015, 12:00am, watching a few of videos about top 10 rules for success, and then, think about putting together a blog to share, for a successful year 2016.
Top 10 rules for success
1. Jessica Alba
2. Oprah Winfrey
No. 5, Run the race as hard as you can
Julia's favorite, do not look at others, things you cannot control; focus on yourself
25 years talk show, hundreds of talk show failed.
9. Stay grounded
3. Bill Gates
No. 7 Ask for advice
Blind spot concern
No. 8 Pick good people
No. 9 Don't procrastinate
School, last 2 days study for exam
But in business world, it is not good.
No. 10 Have a sense of humor
Warren Buffett
No. 5 Have a margin of safety
No. 7 Schedule for your personality
Jack Ma
No 1. Get used to rejection
No. 9 Don't complain, look for opportunities
No. 2 Keep your dream alive
No. 3
Focus on culture
Not just money, to help others
No. 5 Get inspired
No. 7 Have a good name
No. 8 customers are #1
Share holders will leave quickly if there is bad thing happens
Jeff Beco
No. 1
Have no regrets
80 years old, think about things you try in young age. Internet, if I fail, no regret.
No.2 Follow your heart not your head
No. 3 Invest more in the product then marketing
No. 4 Pick a good name
No. 5 Stand for something
No. 6 Focus on the customer
No. 7 Focus on your passion
No. 8 Build a culture
No. 9 premium products at non-premium prices
Kindle, product - no profit, but user uses it, make money
No. 10 take a risk
Larry Page
No. 2 Don't be afraid of failure
work on 10 years
leadership training - fail fast
Take some risk, encourage to take more risk
No. 3 Stay organized
No. 4
Concentrate on the long term
tooth brush test ( twice a day)
gmail/ youtube
double the revenue on youtube, since a lot of people use it. But at the begining, spend a lot
No. 5 Have a good idea
No. 6 Solve bigger problems
No. 7 Take on challenges
No. 8
Don't settle
other people do not tell
Be an expert in all areas
Search algorithm, spent 3-4 years on it, before Google has over 100 people work on
No. 9 Adapt to changes
No. 10
Follow your dreams
anxiety -> dream
about school, computer error about admission etc. /irational worry, then anxiety, had a dream:
download entire web to a small computer lying around ->
after dream, stay up a few of hours, work on algorithms ->
set up a few weeks, thought at the beginning vs 1-2 years work ->
keep links -> not all web pages -> rank of pages -> google
Share the story of his personal dream -> developed a top of world company and technology - Google
Michale Jordan
No. 1 Keep working hard
No. 2 Ignite the fire
nothing can stop me
No. 3 Be different
No. 4
Fail your way to success
Fail over and over and over again.
No. 5 Have high expectations
No. 6 Be positive
bad thing/good thing mixes, no such thing called bad thing
No. 7 Be who you were born to be
Encourage to fail
Take everything you are given,
Not about shoes, it is about where you choose to go
No. 8 Have a vision
Mentally strong
No. 9 Stop make excuses
No. 10
Practice (no need to think when in the game, situation met before)
At that moment, you do not have to think
Kobe Bryant
No. 1 Make sacrifices
No. 2
One move at a time
How do I prepare? One piece a time, start from a small step
No. 3 Trust your skills
how to face criticism? Pressure?
No. 4 Use your scars as a weapon
open up to them
No. 5, Focus on each day
Do not think about the final result, focus on each day -> training, conditioning, ...
No. 6
Don't be afraid confrontation
Cannot please everyone
Even hurt your feelings, tell something: small thing, like food in your teeth
No. 7 Be competitive when it's hard
No. 8
Just keep going
career -> not chase championships
good/bad moments, things will work out
No. 9
Thrive on being an outsider
No. 10
Compete with yourself
a story about practice, 800 times, young but mature, weight training, conditioning
January 2, 2015
Vinod Khosla's Top 10 Rules For Success (22 minutes, co-founded Sun Microsystems from 1982 to 1984)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsGgZp_PAzM
No. 1. Be pesistent
No. 2. Keep innovating
No. 3. Add value
No. 4. Have the guts to follow your beliefs
No. 5 Try and fail, but don't fail to try
No. 6 Transcend what's traditional
No. 7. Shake things up
No. 8. Build a great team
No. 9. Dare to be great
No. 10. Be brutally honest
Facebook Documentary - Sheryl Sandberg's Top 10 Rules For Success
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKRB8n6PULQ
No. 1 Have impact
No. 2 Think big
No. 3
Go for growth
she joined google when there were only 200 people.
She worked for a person 23 years old.
Care less about level, but about growth.
No. 4
Communicate authentically
There is no truth. Your truth, my truth. It is objective.
Walk in room, say what you believe. Give people room to authenticate, give out their thoughts.
No. 5
Hire big
Hire for then, not just now. Then happens quickly.
Hire overqualified, hire new graduate.
No. 6 Don't just talk, really listen!
No. 7 Take responsibility
No one has complete control.
Learn to take responsibility. Late for work, it is not for traffic. But you do not consider the traffic issue.
No. 8
Measure results, not face time
Focus on result, not face time. But if you focus on face time, you reward face time.
People work hard, but may not focus on result.
No. 9 Find something you really believe in
No. 10 Careers are not ladders, but jungle gyms
Jeff Weiner's Top 10 Rules For Success
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=do9jIFIFj08&list=PLiZj-Ik9MmM0VWRGYCfuUCdyhKfU733WX&index=102
Reference
videos:
Michael Jordan's Top 10 Rules For Success
Kobe Bryant's Top 10 Rules For Success
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Nd_nUhUj2M
More watching: ( January 2, 2015 )
Vinod Khosla: Failure does not matter. Success matters.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZcXup7p5-8
Note to laugh: Strategy to get greencard: Convince them, otherwise, confuse them.
Notes: come out your priority, and then measure
in 1990s, 25 dinners with kids /month, try to achieve them; means, no sports out with friends in dinner time.
January 21, 2016 (20 minutes talk - after 10 rules, there are 8 minutes talk about her projects at Google, nice sharing)
Marissa Mayer's Top 10 Rules For Success
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02zYZ-JB2zQ
http://www.businessinsider.com/google-cfo-ruth-porat-success-secrets-2015-12
January 31, 2016
Tony Hsieh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49kJE4HJb_w
1. Chase the vision, not the money (
things like to do, and does not make a dime in 10 years / and let the money follows;
do not chase paper, chase dream
Entrepreneurs:
What would you be passionate about doing for 10 years even if you never made a dime?
)
2. Hire the right people (
technical: meet the bar, but, hang out with? if the answer is no, then ...
work life balance/ so much time at work, better enjoy it
- good one/ medium one: strong culture - 10 core values - does not matter what value you are
- no judgement of values - but you have some values - figure out what values you are
)
3. Let your customers do marketing for you. (buy exposure /ads etc., make customer happy - word of mouth)
4. Think long term
5. Do thought experiments
6. Form close bond with your coworkers
7. Have self-confidence
8. Celebrate each person's individuality
9. Maximize customer experience (360 day return policy, contact information - opposite information, low technology, unsexy - phone calls)
10. Just be happy (lose everything, still be happy)
