I am always inquisitive about the lives of famous or interesting people and enjoy reading their biographies.  For successful ones, I probe into why they can be so successful. For the non-successful ones, I seek to understand what causes their failures. I discover that successful people always have their own set of core values in lives. Not only will they not deviate from their core values over time, they also love reiterating their core values times and over again either via interviews or a normal conversation. Plank exercise: great way to strengthen our core Below are some examples of great people and their core values I assumed from what I read about them.

• Lee Kuan Yew : Be a life-long learner, Integrity, Pragmatism, Being correct, Know your core competence etc
• Bill Gates : Have energy, Work hard, Create the future, Ask for advice, Don’t procrastinate, Have a sense ...