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
“I trust you.” I find that to be the best compliment anyone can give or receive. — 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
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
From the little things in life, such as the birds and the bees and the trees and squirrels and hummingbirds. The most amazing thing I saw in New York this past weekend on my vacation was this squirrel doing tricks and stunts on a tree with branches that were about half an inch wide. It … 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
No, the lack of education does. — 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
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
Someone on Quora asked: I recently got a job offer at Facebook and instead of being happy for me, some of the people I considered my closest friends stopped talking to me. Does this mean they’re not my friends? I kid you not, but the moment one of them found out I got an offer … Read more
Um, you trust your instincts. Or you hope they use English at a fifth grade level so anyone can understand what they are saying. If someone is using bigger words that I don’t understand, without explaining what the bigger words mean… Then to me, they are trying to act smart and are trying too hard … Read more
I personally didn’t when I went through hell and back. However, reflecting back in hindsight, I’m pretty certain that I should have. It would have probably helped me ease a lot of the anger, frustration, and the disastrous thoughts of what to do when I lost something like a client who was paying us $20,000 … Read more