Ep 42How to Be Successful In Life & Business
The CEO calculated my Shabbos drive on Waze. Here's what I told him
Laizer Kornwasser
How to Be Successful In Life & Business
with Laizer Kornwasser
Success isn't just defined as what your bank account says. Success is defined by: am I learning? Am I growing? Am I making new relationships?
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Quotes
“It's only a failure if it's the end of the journey, but if it's a continuation, it's just a speed bump to success.”
“You can never learn to skate if you're always afraid of falling.”
“The goal of feedback is to improve. The goal of feedback isn't to criticize.”
“People have to make a decision whether they want to eat well or sleep well.”
“Networking in my mind is about having the shade when you need the tree.”
“Always act as if you are one step above where you currently are.”
Takeaways
- 1 Put yourself in the other person's mindset: how they define success and how they communicate.
- 2 Accept failure as part of growth, but only take risks you can afford. Amazon's idea: two-way doors versus one-way doors.
- 3 Some of his best experiences came from things that didn't work out the way he planned.
- 4 Treat feedback like an athlete reviewing film. Ask for it often. The TED Talk he gave was about feedback.
- 5 Leaders are tested when things go wrong. His company once lost a client that was most of its profit and used it to rebuild.
- 6 Emotional intelligence can be learned. Nonprofit work and gratitude help.
- 7 A good CEO doesn't need to be an expert in everything; they know who to ask and make the decision.
- 8 Wearing a kippah at work is a responsibility: every action can be a kiddush Hashem. Once you cross your own line, it's hard to go back.
- 9 Remote work is efficient, but new workers should look for at least some in-office time to build a network.
- 10 Introverts can network through shared interests and helping solve problems. He hand-writes notes on about 500 New Year's cards a year.
- 11 Networking is give and take. If you're only in it for what you'll get, the relationship won't last.
- 12 Your family is your most important investment. Decide what matters at home the way a business sets its strategy.