Abhilash Rao
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Abhilash Rao
even after all the obvious levels of skill and craft (chi) have been mastered, the Yu still depends on the discovery of new challenges (the “complicated place” or “difficulties” in the above quotation), and on the development of new skills ... In other words, the mystical heights of the Yu are not attained by some superhuman quantum jump, but
... See moreMihaly Csikszentmihalyi • Flow: The Psychology of Happiness
Burnout
This X post by Emmett Shear (most famous for being CEO of Twitch) had a huge impact on how I think about burnout.
Emmett describes 3 main causes of burnout (paraphrased):
This X post by Emmett Shear (most famous for being CEO of Twitch) had a huge impact on how I think about burnout.
Emmett describes 3 main causes of burnout (paraphrased):
- Permanent On-call: Never having true time off, because work can always reach you (or in the case of very intense jobs, because the work never actually ends). I had always
Stay SaaSy • Advice That I Can't Get Out of My Head
How are some people ‘burn-out’ proof?
“The future,” wrote C. K. Brightbill, “will belong not only to the educated man, but to the man who is educated to use his leisure wisely.”
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi • Flow: The Psychology of Happiness
When your back is against the wall, galvanise the team with an super goal
Subway's journey from a modest $1,000 investment to a global fast-food giant encapsulates the essence of entrepreneurial spirit and strategic franchising. Founded in 1965 by Fred DeLuca and financed by Peter Buck, Subway began as Pete's Super Submarines in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The brand's evolution was marked by a pivotal decision in 1974 to... See more
Faster Than Normal™ • Estee Lauder, domain dependence, & moats
Franchise let growth
Monetization model that aided virality helped Fornite grow faster
There are several things IFTTT did poorly when compared to Zapier:
First, they did not target any particular audience. When you try to be all things to everyone, you end up being nothing to anyone.
Second, they did not follow the simple principle of show, don’t tell. Even in the simple image above, you can tell Zapier helps apps talk to one another.... See more
First, they did not target any particular audience. When you try to be all things to everyone, you end up being nothing to anyone.
Second, they did not follow the simple principle of show, don’t tell. Even in the simple image above, you can tell Zapier helps apps talk to one another.... See more
Product marketing and storytelling
Experts from Airbnb, Stitch Fix, and Bark Box on multi-touch attribution & incrementality
John Koetsiersingular.net
IN THE VERY early days of Pixar, John, Andrew, Pete, Lee, and Joe made a promise to one another. No matter what happened, they would always tell each other the truth. They did this because they recognized how important and rare candid feedback is and how, without it, our films would suffer. Then and now, the term we use to describe this kind of
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