what I wish I knew before

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1. Planning is way harder than coding
2. Scalability in UI/UX is overrated and often times unnecessary.
3. Any marketing within the company should be directed outside the company rather than inside the company.
4. The capacity of a CEO is the capacity of the company, unless the CEO is unusually open-minded.
5. Be wary of working close by an intellecutally challenged person whose actions are bold and doesn't realize his or her limitations.
6. Don't try to understand every word spoken by a person whose voice is unbearably low.
7. Conservatism stems out of 'safety-first' approach.
8. Me being wrong or right isn't as important as a company being successful, in fact, being completely wrong gives way more insights than being indecisive.
9. Great things are done by not following the rules. But, being rebellious without hesitation is downright irresponsible and oftentimes suicidal in its extreme.
10. If a leader credits team members for success and takes responsibility for a failure on behalf of the team members, team members will avidly follow the leader's upcoming endeavor.
11. There is no such thing as right or wrong, there is only like or dislike.
12. It's natural to not know and be uncertain, unless you are a leader. Leader doesn't have luxury of not knowing and be uncertain.
13. Never try to be better than someone else, always learn from others. Never cease trying to be the best you can be -- that's under your control. If you get too engrossed and involved and concerned in regard to the things over which you have no control, it will adversely affect the things over which you have control. - John Wooden, "The difference between winning and succeeding"
14. No printed word, nor spoken plea can teach young minds what they should be. Not all the books on all the shelves - but what the teachers are themselves." - Rudyard Kipling.
15. Company should start on time, close on time.
16. No Profanity
17. Never criticize a teammate.
18. "The journey is better than the end." - Cervantes. So enjoy the ride.
19. "Information consumes attention hence a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention ", Herbert Simon, 1977
20. "The truth may be vital, but without love, it is unbearable," Caritas in veritate, 2009, Pope Benedict XVI
21. Try your best not to lie. If you have to lie, only lie to unharm those that truly matter in your life.
22. "The mind fears the heart but the heart doesn't mind." Avicii, Trouble.
23. There simply isn't what one 'must' do in life.
24. Ask funders for money, and they'll give you advice; but ask for advice and they'll give you money. link
25. Not giving up is not an innate ability, it is a nurtured ability.
26. Don't attend when not invited, don't advise when not asked
27. love, care, humble, laugh, being considerate, and being emotionally expressive are relatively newer and much higher value of humanity as a result of the advance of our civilization. The humanity is shaped by the survival of the fittest as a whole species not by the law of the jungle as an individual.
28. Discipline over talent.
29. Get comfortable with discomfort
30. Live dangerously
31. If you are angry over someone's mistake, you may be incompetent.
32. Economically, a startup is best seen not as a way to get rich, but as a way to work faster. -PG
33. Don't self-reflect too much. Be shameless and bold. It's okay to be blunt. Fuck regrets.
34. If you can't find a solution to a problem no matter what you try, you may be encountering the truth you need to accept. - Buddah
35. If you blame others, you are far away. If you blame yourself, you are half way there. If you blame no one, you are already there.
36. Asking questions is way harder than you think.
37. Knowledge isn't free. You have to pay attention. - Richard P. Feynman
38. If you blame someone, you are not there. If you blame yourself, you are half-way there. If you blame nobody, you've reached here.