Business with CEO of SoFi, Anthony Noto

1 Hour Intern

Anthony Noto and I chat about his personal growth and professional journey, the true meaning of leadership, and how everyone around you can teach you crucial life lessons. All your dreams are achievable, as long as you’re willing to sweat and work hard.

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The Power Points:

• (00:58) - Parental lessons from a successful, loving father — “I always try to go back with them to three core values: the first one is work as hard as you can, the second is do the right thing, and the third is to take care of other people.”
• (09:48) - How limited resources unleashed an entire family’s potential — “Constraint is the mother of creativity, it drives necessity to innovate.”
• (21:54) - Meeting your life-long teammates, learning from mentors, and Anthony’s advice for high schoolers — “Challenge yourself to have struggle, because if you don’t struggle, you won’t learn.”
• (32:40) - Everyone is a teacher: on Anthony’s college life and his pursuit of leadership — “I had a huge interest in changing my life and figuring out how to take myself from where I was economically to a different level.”
• (39:03) - Attending military school, finding motivation, and embracing selflessness — “It was in many ways a mechanism to get me back mentally and physically to where I needed to be.”
• (45:46) - Starting from the bottom: how Anthony found success in the business world — “The most powerful thing I learned was just what a great culture can do for the success of a company.”
• (54:03) - How to deal with self-doubt and gain confidence — “If you don’t feel good about what you’re doing, work harder.”

Resources

• Moneyball by Michael Lewis
• The Art of War by Tzu Sun
• Sea Stories by Admiral William McRaven
• Goldman Sachs: The Culture of Success by Lisa Endlich

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