220 Quotes by Reid Hoffman

If you don’t start out aiming for the big game, you almost never can get there.

If you are not receiving or making at least one introduction a month, you are probably not fully engaging your extended professional network.

Relationship builders, on the other hand, try to help other people first. They don’t keep score. They’re aware that many good deeds get reciprocated, but they’re not calculated about it. And they think about their relationships all the time, not just when they need something.

For life in permanent beta, the trick is to never stop starting.

When the Naysayers Are Loud, Turn Up the Music.

It’s useful to be able to recognize whether you’re on track or not. To have that belief, but also paranoia about am I tracking against my investment thesis.

Establish an identity independent of your employer, city, and industry.

Data only exists within the framework of a vision you’re building to, a hypothesis of where you’re moving to.

If you want to find out how resourceful you can be, shrink your budget. Move your deadlines up. See how you cope. This may make you more resilient to actual hardships that inevitably arise.