I went to a conference this last week and heard some down to earth advice from Jack Ma. This was a business conference so of course it was mainly focusing on just that, business.
His mantra was:
Customers #1, employees#2 and shareholders #3.
Very simple but important.
He talked about his background and all of the times he failed or was turned down for something. Many job interviews didn’t work out, his applications to Harvard were refused. Most people thought he was crazy with his selling on the internet ideas.
Look at him now, founder of Alibaba, which had 550 billion in sales last year.
What impressed me the most is that he wants to teach people, he doesn’t have to but he wants to and he does.
He wants to give young people opportunity to succeed, more opportunity than what he had.
I agree and hope that even if it is on a much smaller scale, that I can pass along some words of advice or wisdom that may help others.