The top 5 things I learned at Goldman Sachs (that are useful for you):
1/ Be relentlessly reliable
Reliability is a crucial skill.
Charlie Munger puts it best:
"If you're unreliable it doesn't matter what your virtues are. You're going to crater immediately. Doing what you have engaged to do should be an automatic part of your conduct."
Reliability is a crucial skill.
Charlie Munger puts it best:
"If you're unreliable it doesn't matter what your virtues are. You're going to crater immediately. Doing what you have engaged to do should be an automatic part of your conduct."
2/ Communicate 3x more than necessary
Reply to every email, even to simply acknowledge receipt:
"Sure, sounds good – will do this later tonight once I finish up XYZ”.
Communication makes your work visible.
It alleviates mental pressure from your manager to keep tabs on you.
Reply to every email, even to simply acknowledge receipt:
"Sure, sounds good – will do this later tonight once I finish up XYZ”.
Communication makes your work visible.
It alleviates mental pressure from your manager to keep tabs on you.
3/ Learning happens at the edge of our comfort zone
A sign of being at the edge of your comfort zone is stress, stumbling and imperfection.
Reframe this as a positive sign that you are learning.
A sign of being at the edge of your comfort zone is stress, stumbling and imperfection.
Reframe this as a positive sign that you are learning.
4/ Successful founders have traits in common
Part of my work was helping ‘startups’ raise $100m-$200m from mega-VCs like Sequoia, Tiger, and Bain Capital.
Successful founders:
Part of my work was helping ‘startups’ raise $100m-$200m from mega-VCs like Sequoia, Tiger, and Bain Capital.
Successful founders:
- Showcase iron conviction in what they’re building
- Listen to the great people they surround themselves with
- Have an opinion of the future upon which they build a business
- Listen to the great people they surround themselves with
- Have an opinion of the future upon which they build a business
5/ ‘Infinite games’
Play the long game. Do the right thing, even if it’s not in your short-term interests.
Reputation is built in drops but lost in buckets.
In the long run, the proverbial “what goes around comes around” is inescapable.
Play the long game. Do the right thing, even if it’s not in your short-term interests.
Reputation is built in drops but lost in buckets.
In the long run, the proverbial “what goes around comes around” is inescapable.
That's a wrap!
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