Warren Buffett says

“People always ask me where they should go to work, and I always tell them to go to work for whom they admire the most.”

—Warren Buffett

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Quotes on Career Development

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“It’s better to hang out with people better than you. Pick out associates whose behavior is better than yours and you’ll drift in that direction.”

—Warren Buffett

“Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.”

“Constantly seek criticism. A well thought out critique of whatever you’re doing is as valuable as gold.”

“It's OK to have your eggs in one basket as long as you control what happens to that basket.”

“It takes twenty years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it.”

—Warren Buffett

“Own your work and compound credibility.”

—Charlie Munger

“One of the really tough things is figuring out what questions to ask. Once you figure out the question, then the answer is relatively easy.”

“Persistence is very important. You should not give up unless you are forced to give up.”

“Having firstrate people on the team is more important than designing hierarchies and clarifying who reports to whom”

—Warren Buffett

“E-mail has some magical ability to turn off the politeness gene in a human being.”

“Somebody once said that in looking for people to hire, you look for three qualities: integrity, intelligence, and energy. And if you don’t have the first, the other two will kill you. You think about it; it’s true. If you hire somebody without [integrity], you really want them to be dumb and lazy.”

—Warren Buffett

“Excessive use of made up acronyms is a significant impediment to communication […] No one can actually remember all these acronyms and people don’t want to seem dumb in a meeting, so they just sit there in ignorance. This is particularly tough on new employees.”

“Never give up searching for the job that you are passionate about”

—Warren Buffett

“A brand for a company is like a reputation for a person. You earn reputation by trying to do hard things well.”

“Every person in your company is a vector. Your progress is determined by the sum of all vectors.”