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I met a number of great people and learned that none of them were born great-they all made lots of mistakes and had lots weaknesses-and that great people become great by looking at their mistakes and weaknesses and figuring out how to get around them.

I learned that everyone makes mistakes and has weaknesses and that one of the most important things that differentiates people is their approach to handling them.I learned that one of the greatest sources of problems in our society arises from people having loads of wrong theories in their heads-often theories that are critical of others-that they won’t test by speaking to the relevant people about them.I learned that failure is by and large due to not accepting and successfully dealing with the realities of life, and that achieving success is simply a matter of accepting and successfully dealing with all my realities.I want you to work for yourself, to come up with independent opinions, to stress-test them, to be wary about being overconfident, and to reflect on the consequences of your decisions and constantly improve.Part 2: My Most Fundamental Life Principles You must be able to "cut off a leg to save a life," both on an individual level and, if you lead people, on a group level. To be successful, you must make correct, tough choices.People who don’t will suffer through constant misunderstandings and conflict with one another. People who have shared values and principles get along.When you enter into relationships with other people, your and their principles will determine how you interact. Your principles will determine your standards of behavior.Adopting pre-packaged principles without much thought exposes you to the risk of inconsistency with your true values.Principles: what allow you to live a life consistent with those values.