The Startup of You: Adapt to the Future, Invest in Yourself, and Transform Your Career

by Reid Hoffman

The business strategies employed by highly successful startups and the career strategies employed by highly successful individuals are strikingly similar.

Ask yourself a similar question related to the soft assets in your career. What skills are timeless? We believe there are mindsets and behaviors that are difficult to teach and don’t fall into the usual bucket of “skills” per se.

The person who is emotionally driven by what they are doing will outwork and outlast the person motivated solely by making money.

Your true self doesn’t get found. It emerges.

Some industries are growth loops in and of themselves, and that’s where you want to be.

Don’t wait until you feel ready—because we’re almost never “ready” for the biggest and best developments of our lives.

Be Resilient: When the Naysayers Are Loud, Turn Up the Music

making a decision reduces opportunities in the short run, but increases opportunities in the long run.

risk isn’t the enemy—it’s a permanent, pervasive, unavoidable part of life.

“Under pressure, you don’t rise to the occasion, you sink to your level of training.”