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Mark Zuckerberg treats his life like a software update. Every year, he sets a 'Personal Challenge' to learn something new outside of his work at Facebook. These have included learning Mandarin, reading a book every two weeks, building his own AI home assistant (Jarvis), and visiting every US state. He believes that stepping outside your comfort zone and learning diverse skills makes you a better leader and thinker. Zuckerberg demonstrates that even when you are running one of the world's largest companies, you must prioritize your own evolution and stay curious about the world.
"The most important thing that entrepreneurs should do is pick something they care about, work on it, but don't actually commit to making it a company until it actually works."
"If we want to have a bigger impact, the best way to do that is to make sure that we are always learning as fast as we can."
"I made so many mistakes in running the company so far, basically any mistake you can think of I probably made."
"Move fast and break things was more about the culture of being able to try things and not being afraid of failure."
"Efficiency is a mindset of continuous improvement and questioning the status quo."
"The most important thing for a leader is to be able to listen."
"We look for people who are passionate about something. In a way, it almost doesn't matter what you're passionate about."
"Success comes from the freedom to fail."
"I think that's the best way to learn—to just dive into something and start building it."
"The idea of a single eureka moment is a dangerous lie. It makes us feel inadequate since we haven’t had ours yet. It prevents people with seeds of good ideas from getting started."
"Every day, I'm just trying to learn as much as I can so I can be better at what I do."
"The most important thing is to just keep learning and keep iterating."
"You are better off trying something and having it not work and learning from that than not doing anything at all."
"The dynamic of the world is changing so quickly that the most important thing is to be able to learn and adapt."
"You can't just hire your way out of every problem; sometimes you have to work smarter with what you have."
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