Brian Wong , a 25 year old CEO, will be the first to admit that you don't necessarily need skill or talent to become successful. “What you do need is a strong work ethic.”
"It's so easy for us to put up mental barriers, to make excuses to be lazy,"
"Being on time, working hard — most of the things that can catapult you to success actually don't take a lot of skill or talent," he said.
Wong gives tips to be more successful — no talent required:
1. <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Get in over your head</span>
"If you jump in over your head, before you know it, you'll learn to swim," he said. "Then you can jump in again, where the water's even deeper."
2.<span style="text-decoration: underline;"> Smile</span>
"I can't overemphasize the power of a smile!" Wong said. Smiling shows that you are friendly and non-threatening. "A good impression isn't about how you make people feel about you, it's about how you make them feel about themselves,"
3. <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Look like you know what you're doing</span>
"Even some of the most impressive people on the planet have no idea what they are doing half the time. They are proof that if you want to be successful, you don't need to always know what you're doing: you just need to look like you know what you're doing."
Brain Wong is a 25 year old CEO of Kiip. After skipping 4 years of school and graduating college at age 18, Wong founded a mobile advertising company called Kiip. The company has more than $32 million in venture capital funding and works with clients like Unilever and BMW. In his new book "The Cheat Code," Wong shares more than 70 "cheats," or tricks, to fast-track your career.
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