"The lessons were: 1. Love yourself. 2. Only then can you truly serve others. 3. Focus on what you can control. 4. For those things, never give up. That was his fours steps on how to approach life. We even made stickers with these steps for students to place on their composition notebooks as a reminder. I think that has helped me over time. In that, you can see what we all see in Mark. Never give up-that aspect of him. For me, number 3 is really the hardest, focusing on what I can control; I often feel like I can manage more than I actually can."
"The conversation dives into Meta's historic rise, principles of strategic decision-making, and how shared team goals drive success. But for me, the standout moment in the conversation was Naomi's personal anecdote of Mark teaching a middle-school class in 2014, in which he shared four essential life lessons - a set of principles Naomi has carried with her ever since."
"Writing clearly = thinking clearly. One recurring themes of this newsletter is my belief that clear writing is essential for clear thinking - and clear decision-making. The investor Paul Graham articulates this concept in a clever new essay, Writes and Write-Nots."
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