It's About Damn Time: How to Turn Being Underestimated into Your Greatest Advantage

It seemed really natural to give more funding to people who could do more with it and to find great deals for people who had money but didn’t have differentiated or interesting portfolios.

There is nothing wrong with being privileged, as long as you use your privilege to help others who lack it.

knew when I saw those statistics that the mythology around Silicon Valley was basically a lie, because ingenuity, hard work, hustle, grit, and innovation aren’t traits that are prevalent only in the straight White male population.

My mind, my information, my brain trust became the assets.

This to me means that if you’re asking people to be your mentor today and it’s not going well, repurpose that into a positive thing. Become your own mentor for a while. You can always learn more.

Chase what inspires, invigorates, and refuels you. If you do that, success will find you. It will chase you in return.

I pattern match for grit, determination, and tenacity, and they can come in a whole range of different guises.

This is something I would recommend to everyone; use the energy that anger gives you to create something new or to get your house in order. Repurpose it. The next time you feel as though everything is broken, as though you have nothing to give, get creative.

If you close your eyes and visualize the world five, ten, twenty years from now and feel okay with the thing you’re working on not existing, then it’s not urgent. But if you can’t imagine the world without it and want it to exist whether you get to enjoy the benefits of it or not, then not only is it important to you, it is your calling.