David Rubenstein talks philanthropy, work ethic, and the secret to success

I just wish I can be around another 10 or 15 or 20 years to kind of do more than enjoy life . More on a related note , you've also talked about the keys to success in the financial world . A lot of the listeners and viewers are young professionals who are either in investment banking .

David Rubenstein talks philanthropy, work ethic, and the secret to success

I'm looking for people that don't care only about making money though . Money is a measurement of success in the business world . But I'm looking for people that want more than that out of life .

David Rubenstein talks philanthropy, work ethic, and the secret to success

When I give career advice to people who tell me they don't know what they want to do . I ask them to create a list of the five most important criteria and rank that money is usually ranked number one . And the others include location , team , opportunity , learn , opportunity , opportunity , promotion in the industry .

David Rubenstein talks philanthropy, work ethic, and the secret to success

Um I don't think is a , as a , as a vice . I think generally the people who are the most successful in the world with some exceptions are people that work very hard at their craft . Uh Maybe they work hard with the young person , they perfected the skills as Tiger Woods did or maybe , uh , they just were the scholar and they just really worked hard early on and they got certain intellectual skills .

David Rubenstein talks philanthropy, work ethic, and the secret to success

So tell us what are the ingredients to success and how do we get there ? Oh , I think success comes about because you have some goals , you try to work hard towards those goals . You learn how to get along with other people and share the credit .