My number one piece of advice is: you should learn how to program.
Mark ZuckerbergRead
If you just work on stuff that you like and you're passionate about, you don't have to have a master plan with how things will play out.
Interpretation
Pursuing your passions eliminates the need for a rigid plan for success.
Mark Zuckerberg emphasizes the importance of focusing on work that genuinely interests and excites you. When you engage in activities that you are passionate about, the journey becomes less about following a predetermined path and more about exploring opportunities as they arise, leading to a more fulfilling and potentially successful outcome.
In practice
Using this quote at a career motivational speech to inspire young professionals.
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.
Never allow weakness to overtake your mind. Remember Mahavira, remember the Divine Mother! And you will see that all weakness, all cowardice will vanish at once.
Neither god, nor angels, or just men, command you to suffer for a single moment. Therefore it is your solemn and imperative duty to use every means, both moral, intellectual, and physical that promises success.
If you must begin then go all the way, because if you begin and quit, the unfinished business you have left behind begins to haunt you all the time.
People who get comfortable in their spirit miss what they were created for. They were created to magnify the glory of the world.
Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher.
After I failed to win the Most Valuable Player Award in 1960, I made up my mind I'd win the batting title in 1961 for the first time.
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