I’ve learned great many things over the many years I lived on this planet. Here are a few: I learned that most people are not that bright. Average is boring. To always be calm. Never curse in written or in person. One can save lots of time by just refraining from arguing with people that don’t matter. Don’t be late to meetings. Be respectful to everyone regardless of their appearance or occupation, with interaction some people will lose their initial level of respect and some will gain.

Do you ever think about changing the world? I don’t! Is that a bad thing? Maybe. Some entrepreneurs say if you don’t set out to change the world you won’t succeed in your business. I think that wrong. There’s another version of this thought, if start a business to make money you won’t succeed, you have to do it for the business (product). I don’t agree with this either. There’s some truth to it though, if you love what you’re working you’ll understand it better, see the customer’s needs clearly, persevere longer and therefore have a higher chance at success.

What is my life philosophy? I do not know. What am I seeking? I know I’m no ordinary folk, what I truly want to do is to create things, both physical and intangible (software). I have long history of making, something that is abandoned in last 6-7 years. I spent those years to obtain status and privilege, but I think I am in a good stage of my life to take a year off and build something of myself.

What are your goals in life? Start a family? Buy a house? Make a million $ a year? All of the above? Get a job in a Fortune 500 company? Think bigger, even bigger than that. If you want to be successful, you got to set ambitious goals and work hard to reach them. Have set my goals? Not really, I’m guilty on that count, but you know better! I don’t even have new year resolutions.

I remember last year the phrase 10x engineer became a meme on Twitter and probably everywhere on the Internet. I don’t think that I’m a 10x engineer, but I’d like to think that I was a decent engineer at some point in my career. There’s a book called 10x rule by Grant Cardone, I listened to it in audiobook form, I believe it’s read by the author and this guy is so energetic that I feel like I want to go full power 10x on every aspect of my life.