beliefs

  1. The only real test of intelligence is if you get what you want out of life. — Naval Ravikant
  2. Extreme people get extreme results.
  3. Communicate clearly and concisely. — Sam Altman
  4. Why join the navy if you can be a pirate? — Steve Jobs
  5. Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary. — Steve Jobs
  6. Wanting to be liked is weakness; fulfillment has to come from within.
  7. Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works. — Steve Jobs
  8. Outcomes are what count; don’t let good process excuse bad results. — Sam Altman
  9. Optimism, obsession, self-belief, raw horsepower and personal connections are how things get started. Cohesive teams, the right combination of calmness and urgency, and unreasonable commitment are how things get finished. — Sam Altman
  10. Everything is sales: the teacher sells, the leader sells, and the orator sells.
  11. Iteration beats everything; keep cycling until reality bends.
  12. Leverage compounds, so always chase code, content, connection, capital, company, and other scalable assets.
  13. Don't worry about what anybody else is going to do. The best way to predict the future is to invent it. — Alan Kay
  14. Delete until almost nothing is left, because if you do not need to add back at least some of it, you probably did not cut enough.