ERIC KIM PETER THIEL NOTES

Here are the key lessons Eric Kim learned from Peter Thiel:

  1. Work on projects the world intensely needs.
  2. Don’t wait for permission to build your ideas.
  3. Maintain optimism about present opportunities and the future.
  4. Be a polymath, not just a specialist.
  5. Think independently and avoid conformity.
  6. Being in the minority can be more impressive.
  7. Define technology as doing more with less.
  8. Embrace contrarian thinking.
  9. Focus on long-term ideas.
  10. Avoid competing; focus on building what you believe in.
  11. Aim for transformative innovations over iterative ones.
  12. Seek an outsider perspective and avoid group-think.

For a detailed exploration of these lessons, visit Eric Kim’s blog post here.