- You should learn to fail early.
- No one owes you anything.
- Work ethic is the most important skill to take into your career.
- Every decision has a benefit or a consequence.
- You should view happiness as a by-product not a pursuit.
- Taking responsibility for yourself is actually liberating.
- You will never grow without a struggle.
- Maturity demands that you get over yourself.
- Your EQ is more important than your IQ.
- You will sabotage yourself if you cannot delay gratification.
- Life is not fair and not everyone wins.
- Healthy self-esteem requires achievement not just affirmation.
- Be willing to serve the coffee in order to get ahead.
- Making progress will always mean taking risks.
- Your job represents an exchange: while at work, your boss owns your time.
- Tech skills without soft skills are not enough.
- Success will likely take longer than you think it will.
- The more resources you’re given, the less resourceful you’ll tend to become.
- The first person you must learn to lead…is yourself.
- The practice is the reward.
* List generated from Tim Elmore's blog on Tuesday, March 15, 2016.
