Alfonso Alfaro’s Reviews > The Unexpected CEO: My Journey from Gas Station Cashier to Billion-Dollar CEO > Status Update

- Who I am?
- What are my core values?
- How do I bring value?
- Where I am headed?
- What is my vision?

It's about honesty. To be honest with yourself, to be honest with others, to be honest when it is uncomfortable, to be honest when it's hard. It's through honesty that you can engage and grow.

Some of the best ideas come from some of the most unlikely people. It's just wise to hear people out. It's even wiser to make them know they matter. When people believe what they do and say matters, the best comes out of them.

p213. Keeping in line with my vision of full recovery while taking action was exactly what I needed to heal. Healing like success comes slowly and gradually.

p199. To have resilience in facing a challenge, 2 conditions need to be met. 1 you have to embrace challenges with the belief that you can grow through them
2 The adversity should not be so severe that it would be above your abilities.

p206. Believe that survival is certainly assisted by our committed belief and good work to achieve it. Trying our best might not guarantee survival, but without it, our demise would.

p141. Parenthood taught me to help nurture people's unique talents, a skill that paid off in spades in both raising children and in growing teams. Follow their lead.

p168. Taking some time to study an idea was wise but the research and exploration would have to then result in taking action. If one is building a new idea, at some point one has to accept the risk of the unknown and move forward.

p131. My decision to prioritize parenthood, as hard as it was, was one of the main reason why I ended up succeeding in my career. Defining my core values of Parenthood as one of my most important values created a clear path for my life and career.