Vala Afshar
@ValaAfshar
Chief Digital Evangelist @Salesforce | Books: BOUNDLESS 2023 | AUTONOMOUS 2025 | Columnist: @ZDNet | Podcast: @DisrupTVShow
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“The future belongs to the consistent. Not the talented. Not the lucky. But the ones who show up, even when it is hard. Show up. Effort does not betray you.”
“Your two greatest assets in life: 1. Health 2. Time Invest in your health. It will buy you more time.”
There are at least 4 types of wealth: 1. Financial wealth (money) 2. Social wealth (status) 3. Time wealth (freedom) 4. Physical wealth (health) Be wary of jobs that lure you in with 1 and 2, but rob you of 3 and 4. —James Clear 5. Spiritual wealth (peaceful mind)
If you want to start a software startup, you should still learn to program. Even if AI writes most of your code, you'll still be in the position of an engineering manager, and to be a good engineering manager you have to be a programmer yourself.
No matter how educated, talented or rich you are, how you treat people ultimately tells all.
“Formal education will make you a living. Self-education will make you a fortune.”
Everyone you meet knows more about something than you do. Stay teachable.
Successful people start with two core beliefs: the future can be better than the present, and I have the power to make it so.
Success is liking yourself, the work you do and how you do it.
You can be doing really important work and yet not feel important. Success is liking yourself, the work you do, and how you do it. Keep doing the important work and worry less about applause and recognition.
The first 25 years you measure success with grades, only to realize that the real value is in learning to learn and critical thinking. The second 25 years you measure success by how much money you made, only to realize that how you spend time, and with whom, is most important.
“The blueprint is believing in yourself. The cheat code is discipline and consistency.”
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