The Star of Crazy Rich Asians, Henry Golding, carried around a notebook with random advice that foreigners gave him, and he lived by one of his whole career

“When I lived in London, (i) had to be about 19 years old, I would go with a notebook and wrote advice that I heard, or random reflections of the local drunkard, or all that I would meet,” says Golding Fortune. “It was the romantic period of a young man entering adulthood and trying to find mentorship.”

Golding was going through a whole career transformation when he broke his favorite quotes. From the age of 17 to 22, he was a hairdresser working at the Richard Ward high -end show on Sloane Square in London – with easy clientele, including the brother of the Princess of Wales Kate Middleton. The hairstyle was the “first passion” of Golding, but after completing his start in the twenties, he made a big career. He packed his belongings and moved to Malaysia – where the actor was born – to continue travel television. Eleven years after his success in his travel career, director Hollywood John Chu (who managed Blockbuster Wicked) found his clips on YouTube and recognized his star power for a new project: Asian rich crazywhich has won more than $ 238 million worldwide in box offices. It was his first role as a major studio, and the rest is history.

Throughout his many professional changes, Golding has experienced a quote that he noted by the way. It is a reflection on the life of the famous 20th century photographer Edward J. Stieglitz: “The important thing for you is not how many years in your life, but how many life in your years!” Whether around the world as a television host to BbcThe travel show or with success at the box office of several million dollars, Golding remained with the prospect of life.

“It really sounded true. In the end, I just want to be able to tell crazy stories and have fun anecdotes and tell the gloriticity of change and the possibility,” said Golding. “So it has always been in my mind – it helped me to navigate and align myself.”

Other unconventional ways of leaders have found inspiration

Sometimes the best advice comes from perfect strangers, and epiphanies are experienced through the most ordinary tasks.

Uber was born from the correction of daily discomfort, which has climbed a company of $ 203 billion. It was in 2008, and the co -founder friends Travis Kalanick and Garrett Camp attended an event in Paris. Once the evening is at its end, they needed a return home, but they failed to greet a taxi. Standing in the light streets, they dreamed of the prospect of ordering a car directly to their smartphones. A year later in 2009, the idea was drawn up in the company which now has more than 180 million monthly customers.

The CEO of Nvidia, Huang, had an intense revelation one summer during his past a summer in Japan. A weekend, he and his family visited the Kyoto silver temple, and Huang noticed a Gardner with diligence of the foam in suffocating heat. The man managed the garden with bamboo tweezers. Intense by his careful care, the chief of technology had to ask why.

“I approached him and said,” What are you doing? ” “Said Huang at the start speech at the California Institute of Technology last year. “He said,” I pick dead foam. I take care of my garden. And I said, “But your garden is so large.” And he replied: “I took care of my garden for 25 years.

“It really taught me something,” said Huang. “This gardener devoted himself to his job and to do the work of his life. And when you do this, you have a lot of time. ”

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