# How to Build the Future

**Author:** Sam Altman
**Type:** Video
**URL:** https://www.ycombinator.com/library/6G-how-to-build-the-future

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How to Build the Future

# How to Build the Future

by Sam Altman

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Over 1 year ago

## Chapters

0:00

Intro

0:14

How to Pick What's Important to Work On

1:06

Finding Your Tribe: Advice on selecting who you are working with

2:52

How to accomplish big things?

3:40

Work life balance in your 20's

5:26

How to Make a Decision About When to Give Up

7:29

What's the source of motivation for people?

8:36

Have you noticed the change in what motivates you?

9:10

Burnout vs Momentum

10:20

Taking risks and how should people think about it differently

12:50

Asking what you want and being aggressive

14:39

Long term willingness to hold on to things

17:22

Have You Got a Strong Opinion About Things? Or Just Iterating

17:41

Strong opinion and be flexible at the details

19:55

Advice for young people

21:06

Outro

Sam is the CEO of OpenAI.

Previously Sam co-founded Loopt (acquired by Green Dot in 2012), was part of the first batch of Y Combinator in the
Summer of 2005, and was the President of Y Combinator from 2014 to 2019.
