My number one piece of advice is: you should learn how to program.
Mark ZuckerbergRead
I think a simple rule of business is, if you do the things that are easier first, then you can actually make a lot of progress.
Interpretation
Tackle simpler tasks first to achieve greater progress in business.
Mark Zuckerberg emphasizes the importance of prioritizing easier tasks in business to facilitate significant overall progress. By addressing simpler challenges initially, one can build momentum and effectively manage more complex issues as they arise, leading to a more successful outcome.
In practice
During a business seminar, I shared this quote to illustrate the importance of prioritizing tasks.
My number one piece of advice is: you should learn how to program.
I literally coded Facebook in my dorm room and launched it from my dorm room. I rented a server for $85 a month, and I funded it by putting an ad on the side, and we've funded ever since by putting ads on the side.
People can be really smart or have skills that are directly applicable, but if they don't really believe in it, then they are not going to really work hard.
Simply put: we don't build services to make money; we make money to build better services.
The question isn't, 'What do we want to know about people?', It's, 'What do people want to tell about themselves?'
Building a mission and building a business go hand in hand. The primary thing that excites me is the mission. But we have always had a healthy understanding that we need to do both.
I am the one person who can truthfully say, I got my job through the New York Times.
Work while you have the light. You are responsible for the talent that has been entrusted to you.
It's perhaps easier now than ever before to make a good living; it's perhaps harder than ever before to stay calm, to be free of career anxiety.
The world does not pay men for that which they βknowβ. It pays them for what they do, or induce others to do.
Many people dream of success. To me, success can only be achieved through repeated failure and introspection.
You are not your resume, you are your work.
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