Salesforce coding lessons for the 99%Finally, Apex tutorials for point-and-click admins! Written by a self-taught Google engineer.
Salesforce coding lessons for the 99%
Welcome to the SFDC99 Golden T-Shirt giveaway!
This is that magical event where I give out limited edition free t-shirts, because, ohana!
How to win a t-shirt:
Method #1: Tell me your #1 career or parenting tip! Leave it as a comment on this post!
Method #2: Email me your success story!
Important information:
Good luck to everyone who participates and I hope you have as much fun with this as I do!
David
#1 Career tips: In the Ever changing world, technologies are also changing rapidly, so smell the changes before they actually occur and prepare for them. Accept the changes and get rewarded. Continuous learning is the only key to Success for me.
Parenting Tips, my friend:
Trust your kids. Trust them to be great, awesome, loving people that they are. Trust them to push and break out. Trust them to act their age, and know that sometimes that’ll be painful, for both them and you. Trust them that when they’re giving You a hard time, they’re probably having a hard time, too.
Teach your kids. Teach them how to think. Teach them how to process consequences. Teach them how to discern, trust, and make decisions. Teach them that they can trust your word. Teach them how to communicate, how to be open, how to express themselves.
Love them. Love them how ever they are, how ever they choose to be, whether they agree with you or not, and whether you understand or not. You do Not have to Understand to Love.
No amount of success at work makes up for failure at home.
Family first… everything else is secondary.
@David : Think this offer is closed , still I would comment…
Acc to me you can be a developer or admin or an consultant doesn’t matter ,
But end of the day how many lives you cherished by making them learn or train out of your Job matters and that is the satisfaction which i think is best and if everyone thinks that way , Knowledge would be shared across and humanity would live and one wuch example is your website…
Whoever we are,an engineer,a doctor,a lawyer or a businessman,but if we failed to be a good son of father,a good husband of wife and a good father of son our life is not worth living.
In between work-life balance family always should come FIRST.
Believe your dream and never give up.
Hi David,
When disciplining children it is wise to be firm, fair, and consistent.
I wish you well with raising your child(ren).
Best regards,
Jene Fuller
Parenting tip: Give your kids as much freedom so that they can learn on their own and just coach them when you see them going awry. Also focus on getting them quality education from pre-kg so that it will lay the foundation for a bright future.
Shiny Golden Rule: Do to others what you would have them do to you (Matthew 7:12 New International Version)
I love to keep it simple because I am not a smart person, this principle is easy to understand and remember even my kiddos can apply to everyday life. It applies not only to career and parenting but everything in life, I believe because this is the rule of LOVE! One thing I have noticed, this frees me to love instead of putting any expectations on others. The focus is not on what others can do for me but how I can serve and love others.
I don’t know how many times when I was teaching my kiddos, this reminded me to think about how I applied what I teach in my own life >_< Totally opposite of "Do what I say not what I do".
Thank you, Sensei David Liu!
Thank you very much for all the great comments! My favorite one is to learn an extra 1% a day in 1 year you will gain almost thirty-sevenfold. Guess what, someone mentioned that this is from our beloved Sensei David Liu!
I also created a words cloud of all of the comments, guess what word use it the most?! Enjoy!
https://wordart.com/fi9lwb92oum4/word-art
Well done Eddy =)
Thank you Sensei, you taught me well! Is this mean I am worthy of the Golden T-shirt?! ^_^
Hi David,
Here is my #career advise for everyone, that wants to achieve big goals by working hard for 16 hours a day:
the main thing you need to realize is that you don’t have 16 hours a day for work. To achieve great results it’s enough to do focused work for 5 to 6 hours a day. Playing and enjoying life is as important for your professional development as the quality time spent on working and, ultimately, workaholism could be as bad as chronical procrastination.
Thank you, Tsezarii, for mentioning chronical procrastination. ^_^ It is time for me to share my tip after reading many great pieces of advice!
When starting a new job, or new anything for that matter, I try to summarize everything I learn about the place, people and their systems on one page.
Hi David.
I’m not sure why my comment is not showing on your site but here it is.
Hi David! I love your blog and congratulations on the golden hoodie!
Career (life) tips:
1. It’s never too late to switch careers.
2. Embrace the growth mindset (keep learning and growing) in your career and your life.
3. Document your wins and loses, you’ll always see that you are winning way more than you are losing.
4. You never lose, you learn.
5. Aim to have JOY, happiness is fleeting.
Parenting (family) tips:
1. Every child is different. Pay attention.
2. Advice is great, but always consider your feelings and the feelings of your child(ren) / spouse.
3. Establish a relationship with your child(ren) from birth. They will remember the littlest way that you have made them smile.
4. Date nights aren’t only for you and your spouse. As the mother of 3 (15,12, 2), I have a date night with my children together and separately.
5. Be intentional. Just as you should have a personal mission statement, you should consider writing one for your marriage and for parenting with your spouse; and share it with your children.
Hi David,
This is vinoth
My #1 career tip: If you anyone want to become an Developer they should learn at least hour in a day and try to learn one new thing in a day.
keep practicing and became salesforce monster :)
#1 Career tip. Never stop learning. Stay current, stay fresh, be open to new ideas and methods of working.
#1 Parenting tip (related to career), If it comes to making a decision between your children and job, always pick your children. Early in my career, I was asked to give a presentation to an executive team. I already had plans to attend a ball game with my child, who had won tickets for some type of excellence in school.
I was anxious to impress the execs and never said “no” to anyone at work, so I asked my husband to take him instead. My son was very disappointed, but said he understood. About an hour before the presentation, I was told it would be rescheduled, as the Execs decided to go golfing instead.
Presentations and meetings can be rescheduled. Time with your children is fleeting and precious.
Your future is build based on what you do today. There is no right time to start learning(doing) right thing, you should start right away.
For last few years I’ve been analyzing how I improved myself knowledge wise, here is what I got:-
1. The things that I had started and completed helped me a lot to get a new job and stay there as a responsible person.
2. The bucket list that I had prepared to do(apart from job) are still in bucket itself and despite of many achievements they drag me behind as a missed part of my life.
So, whatever I feel like I should do career wise, I start immediately despite of waiting for right time. It helps me gain confidence and stay positive in life.
The #1 career tip would be to be passionate about what you do and it won’t feel like work. Attend Salesforce meetup events as the more you network the more your chances will grow to get ahead in your career. Be a patient and understanding listener and people will appreciate talking to you.
If you really Want to help distribute clothes to those who actually need them.
donate clothes on
http://cifoundation.org.in/
or any slum near you.
#WinterIsComing
“Salesƒorce doesn’t leave you with so many Choices”
where choices == Good Sleep, Social media, Entertainment, etc.
sfdc needs to learn coding right is it a sort of hard to learn
What I always recommend my team members is to always grow both your business AND technical skills as much as possible. Just last week I saw a comment on LinkedIn where someone was commenting on how she “had never seen a good salesforce org; developers don’t know how the business works”. While I think she might be brushing very wide strokes, she has a valid point to some degree. As an admin or developer, the more you are aligned with the business users you support, the better you can make Salesforce work for them.
But — more importantly — it will help you down the road. Why limit yourself by focusing on one specific area. If you are an admin or developer the more business projects or tasks you are part of, the better equipped you will be down the road when looking for future opportunities.
For example, if you are coding a tool to manage an account assignment model, try to get more involved in all the meetings. Not just the business requirements meetings but all the meetings leading to that. Talking to Sales leaders to understand what they need, what the model is, how the model will work from a busines perspective, etc.
You never know when in a job interview you will be able to say “Actually, yes. I worked very closely with the sales leaders at X to implement Y. I was part of the project team from the project kick off”. That sounds a lot better than “I coded X based on requirements handed in to me”.
Thanks alot David for your reply on my post!!
How do you manage to reply to every small post? I really admire you for managing all this so efficiently.
Single comment from you makes my day, keeps me going.
One question: Why did you reply as “Dev console”? I am sorry, but I didn’t get that.
My #1 career tip: If you want to become an eagle, don’t fly with pigeons but with other eagles!
Parenting Tip:My Personal experience
We always motivate children to push themselves, compete and win when they start playing various games. Child learns from us that winning is a happy moment and losing is sad moment.
Rather we should convince them 2 things: Losing is not a sad moment but an opportunity to be happy in winners happy moments
And also to stand up again positively, understand mistakes and win the next time.
This will make them strong to face challenges and keep them away depression in future.
Give them good values and make them courageous to face any situations in life.
Dev console.
Thanks alot David for your reply on my post!!
How do you manage to reply to every small post? I really admire you for managing all this so efficiently.
Single comment from you makes my day, keeps me going.
One question: Why did you reply as “Dev console”? I am sorry, but I didn’t get that.
Trigger goodParent on child (after insert){
For (child raiseChild : trigger.new) {
child happyChild = new child(id=raiseChild.id);
happyChild.owie = ‘Hugs and kisses’;
happyChild.education = ‘learning how to learn is more important than an A’;
happyChild.chores = ‘not a bad idea but follow-through is tough’;
happyChild.time = ‘it goes by too fast, take lots of pictures’;
happyChild.teenager = ‘Be around and set limits’;
happyChild.discipline = ‘logical consequences’;
happyChild.religion = ‘optional’;
happyChild.food = ‘Fruits and vegies and teach them to cook’;
happyChild.important = ‘A sense of humor is learned, laugh with them a lot’;
happyChild.mud = ‘Let them play in it’;
happyChild.example = ‘Admit mistakes and apologize’;
happyChild.endgame = ‘Remember you are raising adults, teach them to question and to reason’;
update happychild; // with a limit of 100 I think it’s unlikely you’ll need this outside the loop
}
}
// with some help from Dan ;-)
// also, i had all of the = symbols aligned but they may not save that way here.
Lovely. This is brilliant.
@isTest
private class GoodParentTest {
@isTest static void CreateHappyChildren () {
// Thank you very much for the great parenting tips! Maybe you can try to run the trigger you wrote and run this test class to see if you will encounter any errors.
List children = new List();
Integer contactCount = [SELECT COUNT() FROM Contact];
for (Integer i = 1; i <= 100; i++){
Child__c newChild = new Child__c();
// Select a random contact and assign customer first name to new child.
Integer rand = Math.floor(Math.random() * contactCount).inValue();
Contact randContact = [SELECT FirstName FROM Contact LIMIT 1 OFFSET :rand];
newChild.FirstName__c = randContact.FirstName;
newChild.LastName__c = UserInfo.getLastName();
newChild.Description__c = 'Great parenting tips';
children.add(newChild);
}
insert children;
}
}
@isTest
private class GoodParentTest {
@isTest static void CreateHappyChildren () {
// Thank you very much for the great parenting tips!
// Maybe you can try to run the trigger you wrote and
// run this test class to see if you will encounter any errors.
List children = new List();
Integer contactCount = [SELECT COUNT() FROM Contact];
for (Integer i = 1; i <= 100; i++){
Child__c newChild = new Child__c();
// Select a random contact and assign customer first name to new child.
Integer rand = Math.floor(Math.random() * contactCount).inValue();
Contact randContact = [SELECT FirstName FROM Contact LIMIT 1 OFFSET :rand];
newChild.FirstName__c = randContact.FirstName;
newChild.LastName__c = UserInfo.getLastName();
newChild.Description__c = 'Great parenting tips';
children.add(newChild);
}
insert children;
}
}
Love it
Career Tip:
It is always harder than expected. But you are more than you think.
Career Tip:
Serve others. Highly encourage one to do this always, whether as an individual contributor or a manager. So many things fall into place after this, such as transparency, vulnerability, trust, which ultimately lead to helping the company win. This isn’t always a popular way to go about work, but I’ve seen the best companies and teams operate this way.
I concur. In addition my company uses Salesforce to retrieve excellence in Client Satisfaction, Teamwork, Respect for the Individual, Developing People, Diversity, Shareowners’ Trust, Corporate Citizenship, Integrity. Offer the highest level of professional integrity and work ethics. Extremely detailed-oriented and analytical with exceptional problem solving skills. Enjoy tackling steep challenges and seeking continuous improvement. Understand the framework of and able to assist with compilation of reports and projects using tools.
I’ll give you one of each!
Parenting – make the best decision at the time and don’t sweat past bad decisions. No one has it figured out. You just make the best decision you can based on past experience (older kids if applicable) and hope for the best!
Salesforce – get a little better every day. Do a trailhead, find a new blog, read some blog posts – just learn something new everyday and that will compound exponentially over time!
#1 Tip :Try to add 1% knowledge of salesforce everyday !!!
Career & Life Tip: The key to happiness is resiliency, perseverance and being grateful for the people and opportunities that have come into your life. These qualities will help you to be confident in yourself every day and to push yourself to become more than you were yesterday. Before you know it, you will look back at your life and see how far you have come. Then the impossible all the sudden doesn’t seem so impossible anymore. This is the place where dreams come true.
Ok I will leave a parenting tip as I have a 23 year old daughter who is successful in her own right! I think that you have to find a way to love unconditionally! It sounds easy but it is not. Guide and encourage your children but do not burden them with your expectations. Your child will become what you believe them to be. Show them that you love them no matter what and you will help them no matter what! Allow them to succeed and sometimes fail and let them know there is something to learn from both!
Parenting: Trust yourself. A lot of people will give you a plenty of advice and in the end, your beliefs will speak higher and your conscience will be at peace if you follow your instincts.
Always give credit where credit is due! (Reference to the previous comment from Cynthia Thomas) We will love to hear your examples of how you applied this in your own parenting. Thank you.
#1 Career Tip: Never stop growing, whether that be in attaining professional knowledge, growing through establishing relationships within the community, or personal growth.
PS. Congrats on your golden hoodie, David!
Always say I love you no matter how old they get. They will forever know that they were loved.
Parenting Tip:
Treat your kid like a human who can make choices, but when they are young make those choices have insular options, not infinite options.
Example: When my kid doesn’t want to eat what I’ve given them I offer them choices about what is possible with what is already there to work with, not ask them open-ended questions about what would prefer other than what has been presented.
Doing this helps them be in line with the idea that they do not dictate the terms of their needs, but instead helps them collaborate on the terms already presented.
This idea has been really helpful in my parenting in many areas, not just food.
– Dad of two super controlling alpha boys under 5
Parenting: Trust yourself. A lot of people will give you a plenty of advice (many unwanted) and in the end, your beliefs will speak higher and your conscience will be at peace if you follow your instincts.
Learning will lead you to dreaming,
while the last one will motivated you to accomplishment !
Parenting: It’s important and essential watering a plant in summer than in rainy season.
Same with kids – invest in providing all
round development environment instead of spoon feeding. Let them face tough situation along with you and understand hard work you are doing to fulfill their NEEDS.
This will make them strong and courageous in dealing life surprises in future rather than blaming you for not fulfilling their WANTS.
Reality comes from imagination!
Career Tip: Life is so small and precious so invest it in something worthwhile. Learn as much as you can and apply your learning to get fruitful results. Never forget the culture of “Giving Back”.
Career Tip: Life is so small and precious so invest it in something worthwhile. Learn more and more as you can and never forget to apply your learning to some fruitful result. Always remember the theory of “give and take”.
Parenting & Career tip: A little bit of consistent effort can result in bigger and better gains than a erratic massive push.
For the career, a little bit of studying, completing a trailhead module, or reading about a new product will eventually result in much better success than a 20 hour weekend cram session.
As a parent, taking walks and chatting with your kids, taking them to the park, reading stories, or singing songs together is better than letting them stay by themselves all day and catching up with a semi annual vacation.
30-60 minutes a day goes a long way and is more enjoyable in the long run.
Parenting Tip… Write down the crazy stuff your kid(s) says! They can come out with some zingers! Good stuff for when they get older..LOL
Career tip: Don’t sell yourself short and don’t be fooled by “Imposter Syndrome”. You’ve gotten to where you are because you are talented and because you worked for it. If there was something you were familiar with, you taught yourself how to do it. If there was a task presented to you that you were unsure how to handle, you figured it out. Any roadblocks or uncertainties that you encountered over the years—you got through them and came out stronger. Don’t ever think that your success is an accident. Sure, a little bit of luck now and then is always welcomed, but luck doesn’t pay the bills! The drive to learn and improve is what moves mountains.
Tip 1#
Come out of comfort Zone and lead own passion until you become addicted.
Parenting Tip #
Parents, Your kids watch you while they grow and will become just like You!. So, Be a role model to them. Be loving / kind / serving your spouse
and your kids will win everyone and be loved :-)
#1 Parenting Tip – Our children are mirror reflections of ourselves. When you find yourself frustrated or overwhelmed by their behavior, take a pause and reflect on whether you may exhibit that same behavior in another form. For example: Does your child constantly interrupt you while you are speaking to them? Hmmmm…take pause and be honest with yourself. can you think back to conversations earlier that day or in the week and recall if you interrupted others. Taking a minute to be thoughtful about their actions and be a manifestation of your own will lead you to offer them more grace and less frustration. It may also offer you an opportunity to giggle at yourself and offload some stress.
Career Tip: “Fear kills more dreams than failure.” In other words, don’t be afraid to fail. The fear keeps you from potentially doing something great!
#1 Parenting Tip: PUT THE PHONE DOWN!
I know it’s a very difficult thing to do, especially when you’re a techie and work in the industry, but I cannot stress enough how much this takes away from your relationship with your child(ren).
I have 4 fantastic kids (ages 10 months – 6 years old). I was once glued to my iPhone 24/7 without noticing how little attention I was giving them. About a year and a half ago, I was on my phone and my 5 year old (at the time) said ‘Dad, get off your phone. Geez!’.
Fortunately, it kind of slapped me in the face and gave me a wake up. Since then, when I get home from work, my phone is put on silent on my nightstand and I don’t read articles or check emails until I lay down for bed. I’ve seen a real positive impact to our relationship and couldn’t be happier for making this change.
“Don’t accept someone else’s limitations of what you can accomplish.” I hear Leah McGowen-Hare say this often, and it is true. KEEP GOING!!!
My #1 Tip
Be about it. Being enthusiastic about Salesforce as a company will not only motivate you but you will ENJOY learning and moving forward in your career. Being passionate about Salesforce rather than just looking at it as a career are two completely different things. Your passion will drive you further and further every day and you will want to be better.
Parenting tip – Be a good listener to your kids.
Career Tip: You’re always an employee, you’re always representing your company, and you’re always representing yourself.
Career tip :
Just two things – FAITH & FOCUS
Career Tip: Stay updated and keep yourself grooming in Salesforce as your primary skills whereas also it’s good to have secondary skill which interest you apart from Salesforce or related to Salesforce like learning AI,Machine learning , DevOps specialist etc as per your interest .It’s good to have a secondary skill.
Parenting Tip : If you come across any awkward situation or you face critism for mistakes. Dont be disheartened and feel low, infact grab that opportunity and work on your weak areas and analyse where and how things went wromg ?.How would have it been better ? . And how can you make it best ? … As time goes and you start learning. there will be a day you will learn from your mistakes and same people who laughed critised you will respect you.Just don’t let your self learning stop yourself from learning something new atleast for 15 mins a day .
MySuccessStoryToSalesforce
Hmm.So success comes only by hardworking.Before stepping into salesforce i was not much into coding stuff I literally hated to write lines of code.When i got placed i was posted into salesforce platform (Got to know it has also coding.Shhhh).But here again but when i started exploring salesforce platform have gone through trailheads which had both config and customisation i was in love with salesforce.My life gave me an opportunity to work into a enormous platform in which i could learn coding easily through trailheads.
It was a tremendous turning point in my life to get this platform and here i am working as a senior software Engineer in MNC.
So never give up in life and keep trying harder and harder until you achieve your goal.
Woww..!! Finally its and End here.!!
Career tip: stay focused and stay updated.
My Tip is that ‘Find out what you like doing best, and get someone to pay you for doing it’. Always do what you’re afraid to do.
Never leave your dream.. let age, time, situation not convern you. There is no age for learning. You learn things for life time.
Career Tip: Have fun in whatever you do. Enjoy doing what you do.
Parenting Tip: Always seek to serve rather than to be served
Career Tip: Keep your eyes on the goal, grind, and make stuff happen.
Career tip: you must always have a path of how you will grow up. Simple thing, but talking to colleagues and friends show that not all of them even thought about a plan.
Career Tip: It’s not how many times you get knocked down, it’s how many times you get back up.
Dream it # Mean it # Achieve it………………….
If u have 6 hours to dream it, then u have remaining 18 hours to achieve it,
Push yourself off to the limits..
“insult yourself”, the more you get insulted the higher will be the burning desire
Once face the failure,then u will get to know the real taste of success
Trust no one..except the knowledge you acquired
Spend some time with people who will enjoy your failure….trust me their crooked smile will fuel your burning desire to success
Follow your Heart, but take your Brain with you
Congratulations again on the Golden Hoodie David! Beyond well-deserved! Still can’t thank you enough for your hard work and good energy in the Salesforce community!
That said, my #1 career tip is to never be satisfied. Always look for ways to improve. Whether that’s being more organized, prepared, relaxed, presentable, whatever. Embrace Kaizen! Don’t get overwhelmed, just don’t settle :)
Parenting Tip: Remind yourself every single day how awesome life is with these little people!
Career – Do NOT be afraid to fail! You will fail, it’s just a matter of time. But, you also gain the greatest reward in the knowledge you received in your failure.
Career tip:
Always be looking to raise up others around you, even when things aren’t going well for you. An unwavering need to see other succeed will always net results for you, and make a huge positive impact. It could be something a simple as helping them make a connection, or teaching them how to write a better resume, how to navigate the job market, or even how to set a fantasy football lineup (unless you’re their opponent that week, then never do that).
Parenting tip:
Don’t pressure your kids to join clubs or activities they don’t want to join just to give them “structure”, or follow in your footsteps (living vicariously through them). Instead, educate your children on the options available to them, how to be successful with those options, and what the outcomes could be by doing or not doing those things. Allow your kids to “blaze their own trail”, but encourage them to educate themselves on their options, instead of feeling as if they’re being forced into something. I’ve held this belief with my 8 year old son, and while he’s not a fan of structured sports or activities, i’ve found he’s more adventurous and collaborative because he is more knowledgeable on activities available to him. He did wind up choosing scouts and loves it, is invested in it, and has grown a passion for scouting. I think if we had forced him into football, soccer, whatever, only because other kids were doing it, he’d be less apt to make his own educated decisions.
…..but at the same time, empowering kids to make their own decisions has its bad side. My 8 year old sometimes think he’s an adult, so with all the great things above….make sure to set some firm boundaries :-)
Three tips for a successful career: 1) Be nice to everyone. 2) Don’t gossip. 3) Never say “that’s not my job.”
Wait and wait until you achieve what you want.
And once you achieve, aim for another thing.
Never stop being hungry to achieve something in life and never get satisfied with what you have.
The only way to success.
I started my career as a Siebel Admin, kept excelling in that learning all the aspects of Siebel but still did not stop targetting other areas as well. Then suddenly one day while sitting idle at home and thinking like what is my career future in Siebel CRM as now-a-days, the demand is less in the market for Siebel CRM, I thought of the closest and the easiest near technology to switch “Salesforce” . I started learning Salesforce in early 2018 even though I was a member of Trailhead and other sites since 2014 and during a course of my 10 months journey, has moved a lot got to learn most of the Customisation and Configuration stuff and still the journey is on.
Never stop learning.
Keep Aiming high.
No one will tell the secrets to become successful. It is always a output of your hard work, preparation and learning from failure/others.
Take it for both
#Parentig & #Career
Change what you can’t accept or accept what you can’t change.
Career: Always Do what you LOVE to do.
Parenting: Never miss to be a kid again.
Trailhead is like the video game of your life. Just train & learn. Accumulate Badges and Superbadges, you’ll be awesome. Keep in mind that everyone needs Salesforce in their own way. Be flexible.
Career Tip – Always find time to upgrade.
Parenting Tip – Guide your kids to be a good human being.
Parenting Tip # Accept the mistakes and do the mistakes as quickly as possible and appreciate yourself whenever you do a new mistake and thank God that everytime you do mistake you are learning and progressing with the positive attitude
Patience is the key to success
Career Tip # Be a fighter for the greater good
Career tips:
#1 Live with Passion – Tony Robbins.
#2. The Magic Formula for Learning :
1.01 ^ 365 = 37.8
Increase your knowledge by just 1% every day, and in one year you’ll be 38X smarter. (Learn from David Liu – DF16)
Love it!
For you math people out there,
1% * 24 hrs * 60 mins/hr = 14.4 mins
√ Most of the people have 15 mins to spare.
But, if you miss 1 day a week, assume a loss of 2% knowledge per day
101% ^ 313 * 98% ^ 52 = 788%
☻This is normal, we are human, this is still pretty good gain!
But, think if you only try to retain what you know during your normal 5 days work week and take 2 days weekend.
In 1 year,
100% * (98% ^ (2 days/week * 52 weeks)) = 12.2% ▼
In 2 yeas,
100% * (98% ^ (2 days/week * 52 weeks * 2 years)) = 1.4% ▼▼
Sorry, you will only have 1.4% of knowledge reminded, I will just leave you with this!
Learning is endless and performance is consistent, I strongly believe this mantra.
Whether you’re logical thinking or non-logical and if you’re educated or not, learning SalesForce is for all with ‘Equality For All’ approach to spread sophisticated and absolute user friendly ‘SalesForce Suite (CRM & Cloud)’ technologies echo system.
Fun way of learning ‘SalesForce Suite’ and be SF professional.
The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
when everyone else is sleeping, i keep learning salesforce everyday.
Parenting tip.
Accept the fact that your kids are their own little human beings. My son & daughter are so different from each other, despite being raised in the same environment. Embrace their differences and do the best you can to raise them to be good & kind people.
Career tip # Keep Learning –
It will let you career GROW
and keep your mind YOUNG
Career tip# Keep Learning –
It will let your career GROW
and keep your mind YOUNG
Always be learning! The ability to learn and keep up with cutting edge developments and technologies is one of the most valuable skills someone can have in the modern tech ecosystem.
Always be learning.
Tip for Parents or for Admins who work with Coders:
Keep their tummy’s full and wear them out!
Career and/or parenting tip:
1. Never give up, keep trying. Patience works wonders. This holds true for new or old ventures.
2. Keep trying and don’t be afraid to learn something new. It gives a fresher perspective.
Career Tip:
If you do plagiarize someone else’s resume, don’t forget to replace my name and contact info to yours; otherwise, the recruiters will keep contacting me.
#1 Career Tip
Without the right ATTITUDE ability and motivation won’t get you very far.
#1 Parenting Tip
Love them enough to discipline them to be productive members of society and to learn to think for themselves.
Don’t be afraid of trying out new things, every challenge coming your way is an opportunity in disguise- incash it by facing it head on, finding a solution or work around and become “niche” skilled.
Career Tip: All gifts come first from giving! Showing up with a pure giving mindset will build trustful relationships and open invisible doors. In a way, giving is actually selfish. Try it. Worst case you help someone.
Smart work is the key. Always try to go beyond the requirements and limits and enhance your brainstorming skills to invest on how to improve your company’s system. Its not always what you gain or lose, at the end of the day you will go back home with nothing but knowledge and hands-on skills. You will have the experience to implement what you learn in other orgs in Salesforce environment as well. You have nothing to lose, but just gain and gain. If this sounds a profitable deal, go for it. Salesforce has a long way to go and so are we.
Always invest in yourself. You want to do that famous training or certification that your company doesn’t want to pay? Stop overthinking, stop finding excuses, if you think that it will improve your career then pay from your pocket and enjoy proudly the return on invest !
Become aware of your strengths and weakness- knowing about yourself and your caliber will add tremendous value to your life and career.
The better you know your mastery, also your gaps and imperfections, the more targeted you can work on yourself. Workaround your weaknesses. I believe there are a lot of wonderful things that you can achieve if you know your true potential.
Fortune favors who are brave. Keep studying and working hard. Always keep the momentum going…Cheers..!!
My best career and parenting tip are one in the same:
Listen without prejudice and pause to think about what’s been said before you respond.
Works great to build both children’s and co-worker’s trust.
Parenting Tips:
1. Make sure to give them exposure to cross cultural and cross religious education. This helps children develop a broad understanding in everything and also makes them compassionate Individuals. Many conflicts in this world are due to conflicts between faiths and religions. Its high time this cross cultural, faith and religious exposure is provided and make our children good citizens and responsible people of this world
2. Parents should never when the child is around as it could emotionally trigger lot of impressions on a subtle level in the mind
3. Raise children with lot of love and be a friend who listens to their opinions, problems and give them freedom to fall so that they can learn. When children do not get enough love, they are bound to find it else where or become rebels
Hello David,
Thank you very much for your initiative. Yes, I’ve something to share with you.
My #1 career Tip!
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For me, where I work, creating the right ambiance is extremely important in your life/career, as is creating ambition among people. One without the other doesn’t work. Without ambiance, ambition cannot flower, and vice versa. People will rise to the occasion: I believe there is no limit to human achievement and to human endurance. It is a question of whether the leader will allow people’s energy to be released. That is why I always say we must have three qualities: innovation in the brain, compassion in the heart and passion in the belly. If you miss even one, I don’t think you are either a good manager or a good leader.
#parenting tip!
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I’ve been taught throughout my life and will also teach my children not to grow or indulge in the following activities or do something like that-
Wealth without work.
Knowledge without character.
Commerce without morality.
Science without humanity.
Religion without sacrifice.
&
Pleasure without conscience.
Thanks.
Samir Sayyad
Team Lead, Magna Quess Corp Private Ltd
The best advice I received when I first started my post-college career (as a non-technical admin assistant) was, “Start doing the job you want, then do it so well that they can’t imagine you doing your old job.”
I started a new job in a non-technical role and realized there was SO much data in spreadsheets and none of it was talking to each other. It made my job almost impossible until I found Salesforce. No one in the company knew how to do it, so I stepped up and starting learning and building. Soon other departments wanted to bring their data/processes onto Salesforce and asked me to do it. Within about 3 months my boss said building systems was now my full-time job and they’d hire someone new to do my old non-technical role.
Since then (less than 4 years ago) my salary has increased 4X.
Parenting Tip: Don’t be a friend, be supportive, be loving, be honest, be strong, be the example.
Career Tip: Kaizen baby!
It’s a business concept, but something I’ve taken on and shared with others as a personal philosophy. Meaning “continuous improvement””, Kaizen is this concept of taking stock of what is within your locus of control and harnessing that to improve yourself weather that is in your professional life or personal.
I especially love this philosophy, because it doesn’t necessarily require a solid framework to follow, ( a la S.M.A.R.T. goals). The point is for change to be frictionless, so making a small change that becomes habit and building from that. It has done wonders for me and if one other person chases their inner Kaizen, I’ve done my job!
Career Tip #1
Imagine someone who inspired you.
Imagine if you can inspire 10 people.
Imagine if 10 people can inspire 100 people.
Imagine if 100 people can inspire 1000 people.
Imagine if 1000 people can inspire millions.
Imagine if millions can inspire billions.
In working with my colleagues, I always like to ask questions and build things as we watch and see, like a science project. We all learn and grow and are able to help our organization grow.
Hi David,
Doing things with passion & applying innovative approach is the way of success.
Earlier I was an iOS developer then full-stack Java developer. Now I well utilize my skills in Salesforce Development.
Thanks for your time! :)
Parenting Tip: Teach your kid how money cannot make you happiness and hence do whatever makes you happy !!!
Happiness is the ultimate goal !!!
Parenting Tip: Do not be afraid to let your child fail – in fact *encourage* them to. Whether that be in sports, academics, learning a new skill, etc. Teach them that failure is a CRUCIAL part of success, and teach them to always “Fall seven times, get up eight”. When your child masters failure from a young age, they will master their destiny. Too many people never go up to bat, for fear of striking out.
Parenting Tip
Children are the beautiful gift from God. Make sure you spend quality time with them when they have the time for you. Keep the phones and laptops away on weekends and spend time with family and they are going to cherish that forever.
Hi Manju,
I’d suggest give them quality time everyday to do something together (a little hug, smile time, and xoxoxo), make them as the priorities as well.
Life is short. Live each day to the fullest and appreciate one another!
Peace out.
Career Tip:
Sometimes people will tell you that you won’t be able to have a certain type of career because you didn’t go to college or major in the right thing. When you ask they will tell you “that’s just the way the world works.” So sometimes you have to be the first, you have to be ready to go out there and change the world and not only carve a path for yourself, but a path for others to follow.
– Cheryl Feldman
Vice President
Degree in cosmetology.
As your children grow, remember you and your partner are their first model for being a student and lifelong career learner. So if you aren’t satisfied with your current role and responsibilities, shouldn’t you demonstrate to your kids you reaching for happy growth? Reveal to them that you spend time in study and preparation (Yay SFDC99, Trailhead, Trailblazer community, Webassessor…) in order to effect positive change in your career. They will appreciate later that you role-modeled that.
Follow what your heart says and not what the trend is or not where you think you can earn money. Have the courage to follow your heart and it will lead you to right direction because when you put your heart and soul in your work, you do great work. Success and money are just by-product of great work.
Number 1 Career Tip: “Commitment Before Ego!”
Sure, you know more than they do and it’s frustrating sometimes. If you display a constant commitment to progress and put that before your own ego, people will notice. Always be beyond stoked to making things better, not because it makes you look good, but because it’s the best solution for the business. When you take great pride in the solution rather than yourself, you’ll see how people look up to you almost immediately. The second you let ego drive your results, people start noticing that as your defining characteristic.
Be humble.
Use every experience as a learning opportunity.
Don’t take things personal.
Always strive to be the best version of yourself.
Please excuse the double-entry :P
I’m only 17, but there’s one very important piece of advice that I’d like for you to have, David. If there has been any one critical factor into why I’m here, right now, commenting on your blog, about ready to go to work as a super-power admin/consultant building Dashboards and Flows, it would be this next word:
Homeschooling.
Yes, that’s right. I attribute my success to my parent’s decision to home-school me. Allow me to present to you the advantages that homeschooling provides, and why they’ve been so key to my development:
1. You get to control the curriculum. Look, it’s pretty well-known that the education the public school system provides is far from perfect, and really just downright bad. More kids in America than ever are given labels such as “dyslexic” (I believe that my mom, after pulling us our of the public school, thought that my sister may have been one such kid if it were allowed to continue), basic math is being made confusingly difficult, etc. Another plus is that you can pick and choose which subjects you want your kids to learn. Don’t think Shakespeare is relevant? Do Trailhead instead! On another level, they’re going to teach stuff that you disagree with. I don’t know what your personal beliefs are, David, but if you’re like me and think it’s preposterous that we came from monkeys, sooner or later you’re going to have to deal with a lesson on evolution.
2. Your kids can go at their own pace. 12 years for an education is pretty slow in my opinion. Maybe one or more of your kids will need that much, but there’s going to be the one that will want to go faster, and that’s okay in a home-school setting. Public school? Not so fast, you’ve got to play by the rules. Do not pass Go. Do not collect $200.
3. Your kids are free to do what they want to do. Who likes being at school all day just to get more homework? Not me! Have your kids do Trailhead, play chess, learn Spanish, learn another skill – whatever interests them and that would be beneficial. Your time and ability to do this is severely limited otherwise.
4. You can choose their friends. I know you want to raise good children, David, so one thing that’s important is to not let them hand around the bad ones. Looking back, my _middle school_ was a wicked place! There were bad kids left and right!
5. Your kids will be *WAY* ahead of the game. Look, I’m a super-power admin and I’m only 17 with 10 certs. That’s not unrealistic if you get started early – which probably isn’t going to be as easy, or maybe even impossible, with the public school system. Not interested in a career in Salesforce? Well, they can learn whatever other skill it is that they want, another language, an instrument, etc. – The possibilities are truly endless! You’re not even limited to doing just one of those! Who needs a college degree with a resume like that! (My degree is from Salesforce University :P)
I could go on, but I need to get to work! The point is, with home-schooling, success is the only result that can occur – failure really isn’t a possibility. You’ll need to have a strong system of discipline for it work, i.e. spanking, but you can’t mess it up! Strong stance, I know, but you’ll find the results to be astounding. It’s a path to guaranteed success.
Investing our time with kids is the most expensive gift a parent can give to kids. Learning their passion, exposing them to new opportunities makes you happy parent and would simultaneously give more time to progress in career.
Here’s a couple parenting tips –
Actively listen to your child because you never know when you might just learn from them.
Let your child follow their own path, not the one you think they should be on – let them be their own person because as adults we should be constantly learning and evolving so how can we expect to know exactly who are kids should be? Embrace and encourage their differences.
As a relatively young professional, I have found the following advice to be supremely helpful across many different organizations and in a variety of roles:
1. Know your stuff
[As a youngin’, you can gain a lot of respect from colleagues of all
ages simply by knowing inside and out that which you are responsible
for in the professional domain. This includes diligent and timely follow
up on questions you might not know the answer to at the time during
which they are asked]
2. Don’t take things personally
[Things happen. Sometimes, most of the time, it has absolutely
nothing to do with you personally. Removing the inherent assumption
that whatever happens must be about you helps evaluate situations
objectively and creatively.]
3. Have an executive sponsor
[Not only can your gain a tremendous amount of wisdom and insight, it
is also generally a good practice to build relationships with people
across all levels of an organization. A little bit of executive sponsorship
can go a long way in making your Salesforce instance shine!]
David, I hope you appreciate the formatting :-)
Parenting Tip : Never think that you have to guide your children every time, sometimes they perform things with lot of creativity and ease. Respect them, learn with them & evolve as a good parent. Parents don’t have to know everything, just enjoy the journey :-) :-) :-) !!!
Career Tip:
Every mile, every success is a result of hard-work and support from the community. So believe in yourself and help others around to grow with you. Learning & Giving back to the community is success in true sense.
Parenting cum Success Story:
I am not using this to say or get any sympathy. It is just my story. I came from poor family background. Actually, that made me to start working from my sixth grade to support my family. I go school in the morning and in the evening, I go to work. Like many leaders, I started my life from very basic, by selling newspapers, office peon, office boy, courier boy, Cashier and now software Engineer. I compare with leaders because I want to achieve that big so, I compared with them and trying to be there. Coming to parenting, all these things, I achieved only because of my parents. They taught one simple thing and which I noticed as very powerful. Yes, It is nothing but don’t ever push your interest or goal or poverty towards your children. Let them grow as they want and join them and learn newer things with them. Provided small guidance whenever they need or expect. Actually, this worked really great on me. I believe it works on everyone else. That is my success story cum parenting tip.
I believe you have my story, but we can always update it.
Tips that apply for parenting and career:
Clear communications
Realistic expectations
Learn from failure
Whether we like it or not, there are always more than one choice
Keep focused
2 magic words: Please and Thanks
Golden T-Shirt Giveaway?!?! Count me in!
Here goes my career tip: Your career is ultimately what _you_ decide to do with it. In Salesforce, you certainly can decide to do whatever you want. You can easily land a job if you know Salesforce through-and-through. Bonus points if you have experience to back it up.
In Salesforce, here’s how you get knowledge:
1. Trailhead! The ultimate source of Salesforce learning.
2. Reading blogs, like SFDC 99! Blogs in the Salesforce industry are EXTREMELY helpful! I can’t tell you how many times a google search has led me to a blog that had the exact answer I needed. One time, I got 90% of the code I needed to create a Lightning Component that generated a CSV file from Salesforce data!
3. Contributing in places like the Trailblazer Community, the Answers Community, and the Developer Forums. My personal favorite is the Developer Forums, even if you’re an Admin! Sometimes, they just can’t seem to get formulas and processes right… Show ’em your #clicksNotCode powers! Don’t know the answer to a question? Google it! This is where the real learning comes in – by nature, these are real-world problems and you get the honor of solving them. For bonus points, build the solution out in a DE – they’ll love you and you learn so much more! Another way to get some solid learning is to volunteer yourself to a non-profit.
4. Attend your local user group. Don’t think about it – do it. Even if you don’t learn anything, the networking will be invaluable – I’ve gotten paid gigs out of it.
5. Getting certified. “Wait a minute… you do that after you get knowledge,” you might say. Well, you’re more than welcome to do it that way, but when you study for a certification you have little or no knowledge about, you’re going to learn a TON before taking the exam. Plus, the cert validates your knowledge. Now that’s cool!
6. If you’ve made it this far, then it looks like it’s time to start getting some experience! Pat yourself on the back! If you’ve gotten certified and have a multitude of community contributions, you can land an awesome job that will further challenge you and continue to expand your skillset.
So what do you want to do? Just use these six steps, and you can make it all the way to architect and beyond!
#1 Parenting Tip- Your child as a voice be slow to speak and listen tho them.
Raising a child with unconditional love and without burdening him with expectations
I want this t-shirt so badly – will send my success story :)
Parenting Tip
Blink and it’s gone! Let kids be kids as long as possible. Let them stay up late with you, let them splash in the tub, join them when they are playing with their trucks in the mud, embrace every tiny detail as of it were the most beautiful thing ever. We have such a small amount of time with them, that is often overshadowed by our ignorance in wanting them to grow up, to the point we miss SO MUCH! Find a way to slow time down, and see everything (Good or Bad) as beautiful!
Parenting tip: kids run at different speeds. Sometimes they need your help. Sometimes they need more time to do it themselves. Ask them.
My Biggest inspiration to work in salesforce is the kind of opportunities provided from salesforce. Free learning portals,trailhead and mentors like you.
What I think is.. Always say ‘Yes’ to opportunities, Opportunity comes up with great responsbilities and responsibility makes you fearless… Cheers
Career tip:-
Never give up on your situations work hard and let your light shine
Only if you do something larger than yourself, will you feel forever fulfilled…
I feel that for you David..
Career Tip#
Knowledge is power. Enhance your knowledge every day, spend at least an hour in the day to build on your knowledge and your career.
My parenting tip is this: When your child is born don’t try to teach them your way for your way is the past. Try to learn and grown with your children because there way is into the future. Learn from your children and you will become a better parent.
Parenting Tip-
Silence=Trouble
LOL
#1 Career Tip- Be grateful; take time daily to be grateful for where you are, the people you work with, and the opportunities that you have! Yes- YOU are worth it!
Career Tip:
Never Close your door to opportunities that come your way, but evaluate each one as they come open and decide if it is where you want to be.
#1 Parenting tip. Give them your time. They don’t care what you do together as long as you ARE together. A simple car ride with you to pick up sandwich bags is quality time with daddy/mommy in their eyes.
Stay focused and learn at your own pace. There are so many great resources and people in the Salesforce Ohana. There are lots of people who have never had a single Salesforce class and have passed tests and now have their certifications. Never stop learning!
Don’t be afraid to start. Sometimes it’s OK to fail and that will be the best thing that ever happened to you!
Know there’s always more to any request. Don’t just let a request come to you without asking why a few times. You’ll learn quickly that the request encapsulates at least one other thing and usually many more. If you can get to the root of the issue at hand, you’ll be able to solve more than the request, but likely an entire process.
Hi David,
I started my career back in 2011 with Core Java background. I got a chance to have glance of salesforce at the initial time of 2012. at the time i really don’t understand the features and powerful platform of Force.com and i continued to work in java projects.
I turned to Salesforce in the early 2016 and now i think i took the best decision in my life for now. I really enjoy working with configurations, customizations and other third party apps. Which are making life very easy for developers and admins.
I am still yet to explore marketing cloud, service cloud, community cloud.
I already completed 100+ badges in trailhead in less than 4 months. thats how i got addicted to salesforce.
I am looking forward to join upcoming dreamforce sessions and like to become an MVP. That’s a long way. But I am sure nothing is impossible when you have a goal with focused mind.
see you soon, Cheers !
Be resilient in parenting and career path. Kids are great at this and sometimes we need to be reminded that it isn’t about being the smartest but being resilient.
Career Tip #1: Learn as much as you can about the business processes you are working with. The more you know about how your business works, the better admin/developer you will be.
Career Tip #2: If you don’t know something, seek out the SME in that area of your company and schedule a quick 30 min call. Introduce yourself and explain you would like to know more about ‘xyz’ and how it relates to the business. Explain your role and that you are looking for process/systems improvements.
Parenting Tip #1: Butt Paste
Parenting Tip #2: Deep breaths and date nights are SUPER important for you sanity. :)
Set aside ten minutes a day to learn something new. Whether it’s Trailhead, Salesforce-related blogs/tutorials, studying for a cert, or even something not work-related. Continuous education keeps us excited about what we do and about new things! I also try to take time to talk to others about things they’re passionate about — maybe you’ll learn something new that you can also enjoy!
My #1 Parenting tip would be to have some kind of discipline
program. Like time out or counting that both of you agree on. For us, counting to 3 or 5 worked very well, so did standing in the corner when our kids were young.
Always be willing to learn and always give back. That’s what the Salesforce Ohana is all about.
Career tip: be humble. Everyone makes mistakes, no one is infallible. Know that you can be wrong, accept it, learn from it, teach others the error in your ways.
This also helps in being less defensive when something does inevitably goes wrong. Treat those moments as learning experiences and try not to make the same mistake twice (that one is hard).
I guess this also works for parenting.
Fake it ‘til you make it!
For me this sentence speaks to the power your thoughts have to shape your life. The importance of visualization, positive self talk and believing in yourself. Thanks, David – I would love to rock that T-shirt!
Pay yourself first! Save or invest some money every paycheck in sound diversified investments. Don’t wait to think about retirement. You’ll thank me later when you are old like me.
Most companies make this easy with part of your paycheck directed to a 401K, and some companies match part of your contribution. Take max advantage of that.
If your company has an Employee Stock Purchase Plan, max out your contribution, sell at least half of every purchase, and re-invest that. Don’t keep all your investments in your company stock.
My career tip would be to focus just as much on your soft skills and being personable as you do your intellectual/specialized skills, soft skills will not only be used in your career but in personal life as well.
Career Tip #1 Certification & Trailhead is best shot.
Tip #2 Follow Sfdc99.com & Grow with David , Keep Following the weekly blog updates.
This is both a parenting and career tip…
Ask questions, actively listen, don’t judge and be ready for anything.
Let your children be independent in their activities and decisions.
My career tip, be adaptive to work environment in your way but don’t try to change yourself completely.
I always give preference in maintaining personal and professional life balance that helps me to stay happy and focused in both areas.
I Shivam gupta student of G.L.Bajaj college
You came here for indiadream in 17 event at that time I follow you.
My parenting tip is let your children be who they are not what you want want them to be
Hi David,
I think you owe me a T-Shirt after we met in Dreamforce. It was a great experience to meet you in person for the first time. A fan boy moment and I was watching so close you getting your Golden Trailblazer Hoodie. :)
I was into mainframe first and wasn’t getting great opportunities. It was a very frustrating and depressing phase of my life.
I was then introduced to Salesforce by a very dear friend and since then it has been a game changer for me. Even if someone is not a pro in coding can still manage to say afloat and exist in the world of technology and make a good name. And this journey of Salesforce was made much much more easier by sfdc99 and David Liu. I am not at all writing this for the T-shirt but mean every word of the phase I have gone through. It’s great to be a part of the Salesforce family.
My parenting tip is that it is okay to apologize to your children. We can get caught up with always needing to be right as the parent. We may not want to admit that we made a mistake because we think it will compromise our parental authority. It won’t. Your children will respect that you have the integrity to admit it when you are wrong. And most importantly, you will be teaching them an invaluable lesson about humility and accountability.
Parenting tip: your children’s are your mirror. They will talk/walk exactly as you do. Be there best role model. Children’s only need time from their parents. Make time for them and involve them into your daily routine.
My parenting tip is to be your kid’s biggest fan in life. Also, let them choose their own path and try not to have them live their life through your eyes or lead them down the path you wanted to finish but didn’t. Guide them of course, but let them make their own mistakes.
Career tip: ‘Objects in the mirror are closer than they appear’. When you are about to quit, remind yourself of this line. Your career goal is always a little closer than it appears to be. Just a little push and perseverance will do the trick.
Parenting tip: Kids need attention, they want you to listen to what they say. Or just look at what they are trying to do. Spend atleast 1/2 hr playing with kids, it means a lot to them.
My career tip would be this: work hard, be nice to people even when sometimes you don’t want to be, and use failures as a learning tool.
My parenting tip is that it is okay to apologize to your children. We can get caught up with always needing to be right as the parent. We may not want to admit that we made a mistake because we think it will compromise our parental authority. It won’t. Your children will respect that you have the integrity to admit it when you are wrong. And most importantly, you will be teaching them an invaluable lesson about humility and accountability.
work hard until your idol becomes your rival
The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.
Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.
#1 Career tip for me would be to persist in a very specific goal per time and make sure to have a productive and motivating environment in the workspace.
Parenting tip:
1) write a list of top 25 things you want to achieve (or just do) right now. (Repeat yearly)
Promise yourself for at least an hour a day to:
2) silence all apps on phone.
3) devout your entire focus to the thing on the top of the list made above.
Take a moment to stop and listen to your kids. When they are talking, remove all distractions, kneel down to their level and genuinely engage in a thoughtful conversation. Your time together is precious and they long for your attention and to be heard.
It doesn’t matter how good you are at your work, spend time with your little ones. You can play together, go out with them for a picnic, don’t scold at them.
There are other ways to deal with their mistakes.
Have a little pep talk
Don’t love your work so much that there is no room for other things 8n your life.
My tip would be PERSISTENCE always pays off as i learned from david lui session held in indiadreamin 2k17
To succeed, you must learn how to be comfortable being uncomfortable!
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams!
Live the life you’ve imagined.
I’ve realised that if my little girl can pick up Salesforce as quickly as she can pick up my credit card she has a very bright future indeed.
Your determination when you have nothing and attitude when you have everything!
I am hungry to learn salesforce , i earned more than 200 badges , have best answers on both developer forum ans success community.
thanks for guiding some when i stuck in problem i got some solution from your blog.
Thank you so much sfdc99
Success tip: try everything, challenge yourself, always say yes to the project, you will learn more through challenges and failures than successes. And always be kind.
Parenting tip is from my uncle who just asked me to learn Salesforce and then Salesforce will polish your carrier and yes actually Salesforce has bought a big change in my life.
My parenting tip: include the kid in what you’re doing. Anything from painting a fence to even coding! You’d be surprised how quickly they get it if they’re feeling useful and spending time with their parents.
Some people stop doing what they love after having children because they think it won’t be fun anymore. And it’s the exact opposite: you get a new point of view and the possibility of teaching that thing you love.
Thank you very much for your blog, David
My parenting Tip:
1. Daily spend some time with your child.Play with him/her, talk to him/her, tell stories and specially your childhood motivated stories. this will help you makes healthy and strong bond your child.
2. Listen to your child what is he/she want say to you.
The best career tip that I have ever heard:
Work! That’s how you get it!
What you could not do or afraid of doing? If your kid is eager to do it, support him. It is going to be a learning for both. Nothing gets better rewarded than being in the place. So here it goes……… Bring It On!! I am game.
Do or do not, there is no try!
Commitment, hard work, interest to learn new things(like Salesforce Trailhead) and providing best out of it will never let you go down…. will keep help you to grow in your life…..
My career tip is:
Go the extra mile. Always.
Know your place and where you can contribute to your company’s success. Share companies goals and culture and go the extra mile by working towards your long-term goals while ensuring your expected tasks are completed.
Focus on what you really want to achieve (not as easy as it seems, and probably the only thing preventing you from being successful) and you’ll get there. For sure.
Know your weaknesses and work hard to improve.
*I’m a career changer.
My parenting Tip:
1. Daily spend some time with your child .Play with him/her, talk to him/her, tell stories and specially your childhood motivated stories. this will help you makes healthy and strong bond your child.
2. Listen to your child what is he/she want say to you.
3. Do outdoor activities with him/her.
You cannot steer your kids right all the time or they will never learn for themselves. They can only learn by getting their fingers burnt, your job is to stand by with the Elastoplast and antiseptic and a kiss to make it better
“Love your Work and Love your Mondays more than your Fridays” :P
With focus and hard work, anything is possible. Keep learning, Keep working and Keep Rocking !!!
~SK
My parenting Tip:
1. Daily spend some time with your child .Play with him/her, talk to him/her, tell stories and specially your childhood motivated stories. this will help you makes healthy and strong bond your child.
2. Listen to your child what is he/she want say to you.
3. Do outdoor activities with him/her.
Kids don’t need perfect parents they need happy one. :)
My fav parenting tip: Listen to your child when he/she talks, rather than looking down into your phone or at your laptop screen. Keep your device aside when your child comes to talk to you. Listen to them intently, ask them questions, encourage them to ask questions and make it a point to answer their questions, even if you have to resort to Google to find the answers! Show them your interest and curiosity, make them feel important. Trust me it goes a long way in strengthening your bond with them, and be their “trusted advisers” :)
Focus on commitment, not motivation.
Do the best of your job as if running your own company, and treat others with respect!
My success mantra to all:
In life be it what so ever you do “you either learn out of an experience or earn out of it, you never loose or fail”
Have a vision and never give up till you achieve it
My career tip:
Networking will help you get a long way in your career. Believe in the power of weak ties, and reach out to people who are completely outside your social circle. You cannot imagine from where an opportunity might jump at you.
All the best.
My #Career – Love what you do and enjoy every Mondays more than Fridays :P
Be crazy at your work and then your work will become fun for you…
Ashish, love your reply, and so true. I love the Salesforce ecosystem. I have learned that it’s possible…whatever your “it” is. Try, test, fail, repeat….eventually fail becomes success.
My One and Only Tip:
Nothing is impossible.
The WoRD iTseLf SAYs I m pOssible!!
Try HarD and WoRk harD.
Career Tip:
Never underestimate yourself. It doesn’t make sense to talk yourself small (it’s a german proverb “kleinreden”), because if you do so, your surroundings will see you as the person you present yourself as and therefore you will see yourself as smaller than you really are (don’t know if that makes sense :D)
Be confident in what you can do and also be confident in what you can not do, so don’t make yourself bigger than you are, because in the long run, people around will see through that as well and will think lesser of you.
Did I read it correctly? Parenting tips?? Here you go!!
Spend some quality time with your kids .. no matter how busy you are..
Just a small talk ,play games or allow them to help you little which really makes them feel happy, engaged and proud :). Boost confidence!!
my daughter is 5 year old and she always feels happy whenever I let her to help me with small household activities.. she proudly share that news with her dad saying..’ me and mommy finished that work today’.
Firstly->>
Lots of LOVE from Young, Dynamic, Energetic, Enthusiastic country <> We’re well known to the ‘Dreamforce to witness you receive the golden hood’. You are the Golden Hero. In case anyone missed can go through this :) :) http://www.sfdc99.com/2018/09/29/the-golden-hoodie/
Three years before I started with ZERO. Now holding THREE certifications,
How this Began :
Accidentally I landed on SFDC99 read success stories that motivated me to learn something new. I was into Siebel CRM background No info, what is Salesforce means. Now since past years, I’m SFDC Dev in a big firm, Money always does not matter but this job is giving me ‘THE’ satisfaction.
Well done champ…!!!! cheers..!!!
My tip is Success never comes in a day, one has to work hard to achieve goals. But during the hard work, one should not worry what others are doing be precise about your goal because when you are running in the marathon never look what sprinters are doing!
Parenting tip from me: Encourage your kids to explorer and discover as many new things as possible to allow them see different perspectives and grow open minded.
Tip – “You’ll Wish You Started Years Ago”:
Try to make a little progress on your goals every day (or every week).
Even if things get busy, stick to it.
One mile per hour is infinitely faster than zero miles per hour.
The reward is compounding interest for your aspirations and you’ll wish you started years ago.
My tip would be:
Always be humble enough to learn! You’ll find yourself by getting lost. Find passion in learning from those who traveled different paths.
Careers (especially in Technology) are forever evolving, and when you stop looking for opportunities to grow and learn from others, you cut yourself short! Keep trekking Trailblazers!
I’ll take parenting tips.
Only set a few simple rules, but rule is rule. Be consistent (mom can’t over-rule dad’s rule, vice versa). Children get confused if mom and dad can’t agree on basic issues.
Remember how we were once a child–We don’t like the word “no”, convince us with reasons. We actually observe and can understand very well.
The way to deal with a child who got frustrated because he has yet to speak is: tell him to gently pat you to get your attention, then point to things he wants and you will get them for him. (My one and half years old use that method to communicate with me and he keeps being a happy boy.)
Thank you for reading!
Don’t be afraid to try something new and unfamiliar.
Look around you: no one is better than you are!
I think My story Published little bit early haha
Otherwise i got shiny sfdc99 Tshirt :(
By the way I got my million dollor SFDC99 Shirt.
Thanks David :)
No matter where your stress is coming from, it’s not doing you any good—until you learn how to address it.
Be yourself and love what you do, relax, take a breath, and let yourself shine.
#1 Tip : Trailhead is your best friend!
Simple and true!
But I will say my wife and my kids are my best friends! ^_^
If you want technology group like family, I suggest go with salesforce.
When i started my career , one of my senior told me that it does not matter if you are not good at coding , but always be a team player and keep your attidute right towards your colleagues.
EVERYTHING you don’t know is something you can LEARN!
Tip 1 :
Knowledge is out there! Go get it!
If you are a partner, utilize partner training!
If you are a customer, utilize trailhead!
If you can’t afford Salesforce Courses, find Pluralsight/Udemy equivalents!
And always follow community knowledge sharers!
Learn with Passion.Practise with Patience and persistance.Grab every opportunity.Know the unknown.Lead your career making friends.But the main thing is enjoy whatever you do without regrets.
My tip for everyone is try learning first and then you can automatically start earning. Learning and earning are just separated by letter L. So let’s start learning!!
EARNING to LEARNING Impressive theory