If you know how to do it, it’s because you’ve done it before. You may feel comfortable with your knowledge, but you shouldn’t. You should feel deeply uncomfortable with your comfort. You’re not trying hard enough, and your learning rate is zero. Seek out “don’t know.” If you don’t know......
Innovation is a result of accumulated knowledge acquired over decades that is made manifest with mundane means. It can be helpful to understand the required mindset by working things backward. If you want innovation, solve new problems. If you want to solve new problems, wall off design space responsible for......
Success demands people do what they did last time. Success blocks fun. Success walls off all things new. Success has a half-life that is shortened by doubling down. Success eats novelty for breakfast. Success wants to scale, even when it’s time to obsolete itself. Success doesn’t get caught from behind,......
It’s not a vacation unless you forget about work. It’s not a holiday unless you leave your phone at home. If you must check-in at work, you’re not on vacation. If you feel guilty that you did not check-in at work, you’re not on holiday. If you long for work......
Every day, tell your truth. Even if unpopular, tell your truth. Especially if unpopular, tell your truth. It’s not your obligation to convince others of your truth, but it is your obligation to share it. Your truth is yours, and that’s enough. Tell it. If someone doesn’t share your truth,......
There’s a lot of noise at work. I’m not talking about the audible noise you hear in your office or the chatter of your coworkers. I’m talking about the noise purposefully created to slather a layer of importance to things that aren’t all that important. Corporate priorities are created at......
If you don’t know what the problem is, that’s your first problem. A problem can’t be a problem unless there’s a solution. If there’s no possible solution, don’t try to solve it, because it’s not a problem. If there’s no problem, you have a big problem. If you’re trying to......
If you are anxious, you’re worried about what might happen. You’re living in the future. If you are sad or angry, you’re reacting to what happened. You’re living in the past. Nothing can be accomplished when living in the past because the die is cast. And nothing can be accomplished......
When the team can get things done without the leader, that’s the sign of a good leader. If the organization bypasses the leader and goes directly to the subject matter experts, that’s because the leader trusts the subject matter experts. When subject matter experts are trusted, they do amazing work.......
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