I wrote a quick review on the book, A tribe of mentors, but wanted to go into more detail and give you some of the quotes that that really hit home for me. I chose 5 of them to share with you.
I truly found a lot of value in this book. If you are interested, go ahead and read my quick review here and then get a copy for yourself.
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I watched this talk and it answered most of the questions I had about how to succeed and make an impact.
The talk is titled “You and your research/career”, implying your career is something to be studied.
You should watch it yourself, but for me, the main take away is: “Work on important things with important people”.
I hope you learn something that inspires you to take charge of your career. Where do you want to be, who do you want to work with and what kind of legacy do you want to leave behind.
I got this talk from: Must-See Tech Talks for Every Programmer
I watched a funny but interesting talk about working well with others.
An important take away from this video is:
You can find many other great pieces of advice in the video. It is done in a very interesting manner. They’r taking “live” calls!
I got this from Must-See Tech Talks for Every Programmer.
Three Important Things Congratulations! You are in a new management role. Now what? Remember these three things: don’t fall into the safety of your old job, listen, and provide useful feedback. 2,899 more words
Let me tell you the story of two investors, neither of whom knew each other, but whose paths crossed in an interesting way….
…. Some people are born into families that encourage education; others are against it. Some are born into flourishing economies encouraging of entrepreneurship; others are born into war and destitution. I want you to be successful, and I want you to earn it. But realize that not all success is due to hard work, and not all poverty is due to laziness. Keep this in mind when judging people, including yourself.
— Read on www.collaborativefund.com/blog/the-psychology-of-money/
What the History of Math Can Teach Us about the Future of AI – Scientific American Blog Network
— Read on blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/what-the-history-of-math-can-teach-us-about-the-future-of-ai/
When is enough enough? How long are we delaying our lives as we struggle for someone else’s picture of perfection? How many more years should we put into building a fortune, for our old age? We all need to read the story below na make up our one minds.
The Mexican Fisherman and the Investment Banker (Author Unknown)
An American investment banker was at the pier of a small coastal Mexican village when a small boat with just one fisherman docked. Inside the small boat were several large yellowfin tuna. The American complimented the Mexican on the quality of his fish and asked how long it took to catch them.
The Mexican replied, “only a little while.”
The American then asked why didn’t he stay out longer and catch more fish?
The Mexican said he had enough to support his family’s immediate needs.
The American then asked, “but what do you do with the rest of your time?”
The Mexican fisherman said, “I sleep late, fish a little, play with my children, take siestas with my wife, Maria, and stroll into the village each evening where I sip wine, and play guitar with my amigos. I have a full and busy life.”
The American scoffed. “I have an MBA from Harvard, and can help you,” he said. “You should spend more time fishing, and with the proceeds, buy a bigger boat. With the proceeds from the bigger boat, you could buy several boats, and eventually you would have a fleet of fishing boats. Instead of selling your catch to a middle-man, you could sell directly to the processor, eventually opening up your own cannery. You could control the product, processing, and distribution,” he said. “Of course, you would need to leave this small coastal fishing village and move to Mexico City, then Los Angeles, and eventually to New York City, where you will run your expanding enterprise.”
The Mexican fisherman asked, “But, how long will this all take?”
To which the American replied, “Oh, 15 to 20 years or so.”
“But what then?” asked the Mexican.
The American laughed and said, “That’s the best part. When the time was right, you would announce an IPO, and sell your company stock to the public and become very rich. You would make millions!”
“Millions – then what?”
The American said, “Then you could retire. Move to a small coastal fishing village where you could sleep late, fish a little, play with your kids, take siestas with your wife, and stroll to the village in the evenings where you could sip wine and play guitar with your amigos.”
Source: http://renewablewealth.com/the-parable-of-the-mexican-fisherman/
I came across this story while reading: https://m.signalvnoise.com/enough-1d48019c7335
The book contains 100+ interviews with highly successful people, the mentors. These people share their best advice and struggles.
If you don’t like reading, this is the perfect book for you. You can start at any point and stop where you like.
In this book Tim Ferris asks all mentors the same set of questions. Some people chose to only answer a subset of the question and others used their creativity to see the questions from a different perspective, which I found most interesting.
Tribe of Mentors contains various interpretations of the word “success”: Financial, professional and health to name a few. You will find that, not all the interviews appeal to you, but there are quite a few pearls of wisdom.
There were so many commonalities between the answers. One of the more noticeable things were Meditation, they all practice some form of it. It was also interesting to see lots of repeating advice, which shows that there are only a hand full of fundamentals that you need to practice in order to become successful.
One thing I really don’t like about this book is that it consists primarily of Americans, to truly be a tribe you need people from the African continent. Well not really, but you know what I mean. I would have loved a more global approach.
The most Important habits that almost all the mentors practice are:
I also learnt about a few interesting products:
I have taken some more notes that I will share with you going forward. This will cover the top quotes, best advice and top interviews from my perspective.
My favourite. quote from this book, which really bring everything together is:
“It is the quality of your relationships that determine the quality of your life” – Esther Perel
Finding answers will get a lot easier to do with AI, and figuring out what questions to ask will be the new frontier.
This is an abstract from Daniel’s Unsupervised Learning Newsletter: No. 114: http://mailchi.mp/danielmiessler/unsupervised-learning-114
I was interviewed by Jonathan Bossenger on WP Hackercast.
We talked about my WordPress story, short business life and my job as Code Wrangler.
You’ll find the podcast here: https://wphackercast.com/2017/11/13/wp-hackercast-episode-4-dwain-maralack-from-freelancing-to-automattic/
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