B U I L D I N G W E A L T H · 75
time deciding which job to get into. Choosing what city to live in
can almost completely determine
the trajectory of your life, but
we spend so little time trying to figure out what city to live in.
Advice to a young engineer considering moving to San
Francisco: “Do you want to leave your friends behind? Or be
the one left behind?”
If you’re going to
live in a city for ten years, if you’re going to
be in a job for five years, if you’re
in a relationship for a decade,
you should be spending one to two years deciding these things.
These are highly dominating decisions. Those three decisions
really matter.
You have to say no to everything and free up your time so you
can solve the important problems. Those three are probably
the three biggest ones. [1]
What are one or two steps you’d take to surround yourself
with successful people?
Figure out what you’re good at, and start helping other people
with it. Give it away. Pay it forward. Karma works because
people are consistent. On a long enough timescale, you will
attract what you project. But don’t measure—your
patience
will run out if you count. [7]
An old boss once warned: “You’ll never be rich since you’re
obviously smart, and someone will always offer you a job
that’s just good enough.”
76 · T H E A L M A N A C K O F N A V A L R A V I K A N T
Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: