Who you are today is not who you were yesterday. Who you will be tomorrow is not who you are today. Once you stop growing, that is when you start dying. Robert Greene talks about it in his book Mastery. James Altucher talks about it in his book Choose Yourself. John Maxwell reviews the concept … Read more
If you are a leader, you should always take responsibility for what happens, whether it is your fault or not. — Originally posted on Quora. Leonard Kim consults startups and writes books like The Etiquette of Social Media: How to Connect and Respond to Others in the World of Social Media
Ego. Ego makes someone think that they are the best at absolutely everything, giving complete disregard to humanity. It completely disconnects a person from the world. Second would be depression. Depression makes the brightest days seem hopeless and usually causes a person to spin into a downward spiral where they get stuck. Getting stuck is … Read more
No. I gained happiness by living in the moment and thinking of what I am grateful for in life. — Originally posted on Quora. Leonard Kim consults startups and writes books like The Etiquette of Social Media: How to Connect and Respond to Others in the World of Social Media
The ability to distinguish who is and isn’t your friend. Friends will change and try to take advantage of you. Others will talk behind your back or even try to defame you. The world will start to become a lonely place. The only way to minimize these risks is to be prepared before it happens. … Read more
Background information from the person that asked this question: I’m 25 years old. I was raised as a member of the middle class. My parents do not come from wealth, and we were not at all wealthy (by Silicon Valley standards) when they were raising me. My parents ended up starting a couple of companies … Read more
Take baby steps. That’s what I did. I watched everyone on Quora for a month and five days before I did anything. Then I thought, hmm, let’s give it a shot. Let’s try something out. Let’s see if it works or not. No one cared that I wrote anything, so I went back into hiding … Read more
This is a guest post written by Sandra Christie — Believe it or not, more than 50 million pictures are being uploaded to Instagram every day. The iPhone changed digital photography in 2007 and Instagram revolutionized it. For six years the purpose of the app has remained consistent; still, Instagrammers have made it more sophisticated. … Read more
Someone on Quora asked for advice: I am feeling confused about my life’s direction. I’m 23. I dropped out 2 years ago to work on a startup and my startup was cash positive during the second year. The startup failed due to ego conflicts between founders. I was the principal founder. But due to my … Read more
If they’re your friend strictly because they like you as a person and enjoy your company, then they’re genuine. Usually they tend to also look out for your best interests and try to help you. If you’re a genuine friend, you do the same in return. If they’re your friend because they want to use … Read more