Mark Zuckerberg on optimists vs pessimists. Quite relevant to the thread!
Mark Zuckerberg
is the ultimate success story. He's built one of the most powerful technology platforms in the world and at 33 years old, he is worth more than
$70 billion
, according to Forbes.
Tuesday, speaking from New York at the
Facebook Social Good Forum
, the billionaire revealed one of his favorite sayings — and it shows a lot about the way the entrepreneur operates.
"One of my favorite sayings is that there are two kinds of people in the world: optimists and pessimists. And the saying goes that optimists tend to be successful and pessimists tend to be right," says Zuckerberg, dressed, of course, in
a grey T-shirt
and jeans, addressing a roomful of 300 community members and nonprofits.
"And the idea is that if you think something is going to be terrible and it is going to fail, then you are going to look for the data points that prove you right and you will find them. That is what pessimists do," says Zuckerberg, according to a live stream on Zuckerberg's Facebook page."But if you think that something is possible, then you are going to try to find a way to make it work. And even when you make mistakes along the way and even when people doubt you, you are going to keep pushing until you find a way to make it happen," he says.Indeed, that dogged pursuit of the possible, against all odds, is what makes an entrepreneur.And it is the pursuit of what is possible that fundamentally drives Zuckerberg, according to a conversation the Facebook founder had with LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman earlier in 2017."I am much more motivated by making sure we have the biggest impact on the world than by building a business or making sure we don't fail," Zuckerberg says to Hoffman. "I have more fear in my life that we aren't going to maximize the opportunity that we have than that we mess something up and the business goes badly. '
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