Alex Padalka

15+ years of tech/CEO experience at your service. Here I talk in numbers, findings, and insights about: - Business - Software development, its cost and duration - Development for healthcare providers (including #XR, #visionOS) #techCEO #CEOInsights

The strongest teams laugh often and forgive easily.

Start small. Stay humble. Learn fast.

You don’t need a map for every step. Just a direction worth walking.

sometimes not knowing is the best start

@nina_wiley @PeterDiamandis yep

@TheCEOBooster @PeterDiamandis And if you slack even a little bit you can see yourself back where you started

As you look to the new year, remember that fitness is built slowly, but lost quickly.  Create a routine!

Stepping into the new year with gratitude for the people, lessons, and quiet progress of the last one. Wishing you clarity, courage, and meaningful work in the year ahead. Happy New Year 2026 🎄

@ValaAfshar ambition fades, peace becomes the metric

“Life humbled you. As you get old, you stop chasing the big things and start valuing the little things. Alone time, enough sleep, a good diet, friendships, long walks, and quality time with loved ones. True wealth is peace of mind, and simplicity becomes the ultimate goal.”

@ProfFeynman trust comes from stress-testing, not first results

Don’t trust a result until you’ve tested it backwards, forwards, and upside-down.

@doclauravater presence is sometimes the greatest form of care, not fixing just not leaving

What a beautiful privilege it is to be allowed into the vulnerable parts of other people's lives. To witness what they've carried. And when cure isn't possible, what a privilege it is to help ease their pain & walk with them to the edge of things and make sure they aren't alone.

@arthurbrooks exactly, money is a tool, not a scorecard, purpose gives it meaning; comparison takes it away

Money does not determine your happiness. The reason you earn it does. When money becomes a way to prove your worth or keep score against others, it reliably undermines well-being. When it is oriented toward people, relationships, and responsibility beyond yourself, it can support a good and meaningful life.

@drgurner exactly, extraordinary results come from uncommon choices, being different isn’t the risk

You will never have an extraordinary life, being an ordinary person. You won't have an extraordinary career, business or even relationship if you do the things that the average person does. Decide that you're fine being "different," disregard social pressure, and go be Great.

@Markmanson so true, time enjoyed is never wasted, that’s the real measure of a good life

“The secret to life is to waste time in ways that you enjoy.” — Jerry Seinfeld

what if life isn’t asking for more effort, but more awareness?

@craigzLiszt innovation isn’t optional, it’s the job

people who can’t embrace innovation have no place working in an industry that’s all about innovation

@RobertGreene conformity lowers the volume of your own judgment

Conforming to social norms, you will listen more to others than to your own voice.

@ProfFeynman a theory without its downsides isn’t honest, integrity means showing both sides

If you have a theory, you must try to explain what’s good and what’s bad about it equally. Science teaches standard integrity and honesty.

@doclauravater healthcare demands resilience, not constant positivity, feeling tired doesn’t mean you’re failing it means you’re human

Working in healthcare asks you to hold a hundred things at once, to think clearly in chaos, stay steady when others would unravel, & be socially "on" all day. If you don't feel upbeat or positive every single day, that doesn't mean you're doing it wrong. It means you're human.

@Markmanson making mistakes is normal, just learn from them and move on

Don’t avoid making mistakes. Just make mistakes you can learn from.

don’t rush mastery, enjoy the messy middle, that’s where you change.