Link to Nabeel Qureshi’s principles

David Patterson’s 16 lessons, people-focused and career-focused. Read it on CACM.

People-focused:

1. Family first! Don’t sacrifice your family’s happiness on the altar of success.
2. Choose happiness.
3. It’s the people, not the projects, that you value in the long run.
4. The cost of praise is small. The value to others is inestimable.
5. Seek out honest feedback; it might be right.
6. “For better or for worse, benchmarks shape a field.”
7. “I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.”
8. Beware of those who believe they are the smartest people in the room.

Career-focused:

1. “Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important.”
2. “Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.”
3. “There are no losers on a winning team, and no winners on a losing team.”
4. Lead by example.
5. “Audentes Fortuna iuvat.” (Fortune favors the bold).
6. Culture matters.
7. It’s not how many projects you start; it’s how many you finish.
8. Look for the positive opportunities.