Question of the week: What's the best career advice you ever received?

Back in my visual effects days my creative director always used to say "Suggest 3 options to the client. The one they reject, the one you're okay with doing and the one you would enjoy doing. When they land on a second one, you can convince them the third one is better".

You miss 100% of the shots you don't take

The best advice I received is from one of my best friend, " Don't say you can't do this, you have a ​brain, time, and motivation. These are the main ingredients for Doing."

Always come with at least one suggested solution for a task given, not with a problem.

similar to @syswarren "Asking won't hurt you." -> I've always been curious and straightforward asking people (even CEOs) for jobs/help. Also: "Job titles are useless in your next job, the only thing that counts is your track-record." (speaking of "Head of xyz" as a 1-person-"department")

"You never get what you deserve. You get what you negotiate."

“Never fear being expensive. No financial metric can account for your utmost dedication and all-in skillset. There is no possible price for real problem-solving worth and contributing value. Know yours profoundly and truthfully. Negotiate by these terms, not by coins”.

(1) "If you try to make it perfect, you'll never get to launch." ~Nothing is ever perfect, that's why software keep releasing new versions and gadgets and devices gets replaced all the time.~ (2) "You should never be afraid to make mistakes, cause its the one thing that's inevitable in the life of an entrepreneur." ~Hopefully, you get to realize this soon enough so you can stop beating yourself too hard for an error.~

"Face all odds bravely in life"

"Doing job that you really like is more important than earn more money".