Reid Hoffman Quotes

Those people who develop the ability to continuously acquire new and better forms of knowledge that they can apply to their work and to their lives will be the movers and shakers in our society for the indefinite future.

I've always felt that work - learning from people who know more than I know - is what keeps you going.

My experience has shown me that the people who are exceptionally good in business aren't so because of what they know but because of their insatiable need to know more.

One needs to constantly read up, practice and work, irrespective of your profession. If I feel as an actor that I know everything, then how will I to grow? How will I improve? I'll be stuck in a rut, and eventually I'll grow complacent.

I love reading about new advances in my industry. I love feeding my brain.

I think that growth happens and that learning happens in anybody's life regardless of what profession you're in.

Every successful business professional I know is constantly learning, reading, growing in their field.

The actor's journey to learn should never stop.

If you are 25, 30, 35, you need to think you can learn every day. If not, you are going to go backwards, and of course you are going to fail, and you begin to see the end of your career.

Every piece of work has been a learning experience.

If you're going to be a professional you continue to grow.

If you read one hour per day in your field, that will translate into about one book per week. One book per week translates into about 50 books per year. 50 books per year will translate into about 500 books over the next ten years.

I want to keep developing. I want to become relaxed in my own work and go deeper. Just growing and studying and trying new things and hopefully having professional access to work that's good and interesting. I don't want to be on the treadmill of artificiality.

Everything in life and business, you only earn more if you become more valuable. Because if you can do more for people than anybody else does, you can prosper. But you can't do that unless you're constantly educating yourself with the cutting edge. My whole life, even when I had no money, I would invest in education.

To earn more, you must learn more.

We need to start work with the idea that we’re going to learn every day. I learn, even at my position, every single day.

My best investment, as cliched as this sounds, is the money I've spent developing myself, via books, workshops and coaching. Leadership begins within, and to have a better career, start by building a better you.

Every job I do, I like to think it makes me better or I learn things. It's all about how much something's going to stretch me or test me.

I take away something from every role. I'm still learning and that's what life is about.

If you want to get out of medicine the fullest enjoyment, be students all your lives.

I'm trying to be a sponge. People say, 'Well, that's what your rookie year is.' I still feel that way in my second year.

I feel that working now is the way for me to learn things, whether it's languages or another activity.

Knowledge is exploding, so you need to commit yourself to a plan for lifelong learning.

At the international level, one has to keep working hard and develop new skills. International cricket is all about improving yourself.

If you do your job properly you usually learn a lot from any role you do.