Words of Wisdom from a 114 Year Old Man
I can’t help but smile as I read Singularity Hub’s article about Walter Breuning, who is currently the world’s oldest man at 114. His life advice is simple: get educated and be good to other people. This reminds me of some of my entrepreneurship philosophies:
- I can’t imagine anyone ever achieving long term success without having ‘honesty and integrity’. These two qualities need to be at the core of everything we do. Everybody has a conscience, but too many people stop listening to it. There is always that faint voice that warns you when you are not being completely honest or even slightly off track from the path of integrity. Be sure to listen to that voice.
- Success is a long journey and much more rewarding if you ‘give back’. By the time you get to success, lots of people will have helped you along the way. You’ll learn, as I have, that you rarely get a chance to help the people who helped you because in most cases, you don’t even know who they were. The only way to pay back the debts we owe is to help people we can help – and hope they will go on to help more people. We draw so much from the community and society that we live in that when we are successful we should think in terms of how we can help others in return. Sometimes it’s just a matter of being kind to people. At other times, offering a sympathetic ear or a kind word is all that’s needed. It’s our responsibility to do ‘good’ with the resources we have at our disposal.
To read more, see Smart Techie Magazine’s published version of my Top Ten Lessons for an Entrepreneur.
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Naveen Jain
Naveen Jain, who grew up in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, saw firsthand how families struggle under the burden of poverty. He vowed to make giving back to the community an essential part of his business ventures. As the CEO of Intelius, Naveen supports various nonprofit aid groups that focus on medical care, education, and family development.
Together with his wife Anu Jain, who works for Intelius as the vice president of community relations, he involves Intelius in many of his philanthropic efforts. The United Way of King County, Bellevue Life Spring, Seattle Children’s Hospital, Treehouse, and Hopelink are just some of the many organizations that have been recipients of Naveen Jain's support. The Puget Sound Business Journal ranked Intelius as among the top 15 corporate philanthropists in the United States.
Naveen and Anu Jain invite you to join them in their efforts to make metro Seattle and the world a better place.
