Andrew Tam
@andrewtam
Andrew Tam
- one thing i have noticed about the best performers is delusional self belief. even the ones who appear humble or down to earth. if you really get to know them closely you will realise the way they talk to themselves inside their head is just different.
- @QiaochuYuan A good friend once said to me, “I don’t know, I just feel like everything in my life isn’t how it ought to be.” I asked her, “well, have you tried changing everything?” In all seriousness, changing ourselves is very difficult and slow. Changing our environment is easier.
Sama on how to be successful. Self belief that looks like delusion to others is important. https://t.co/GZ1nV4sJ4o- Pursuing a CAREER in the arts — any art, pick the art — takes a certain amount of delusion. Not as a hobby. Not for fun. But in the pursuit of an all-the-chips-in career. And I don't mean delusion in a derogatory manner. In this sense, it's a skill.
- I'm drawn to the idea of building a "Calm" Company: • Sustainable growth • Working with friends • Small core team (<10 people) • Remote-first • No fixed work hours • Asynchronous communication • Very few meetings • No managers or PMs • Transparent decision-making • Profit-sharing among the team • Annual equity liquidity windows • Purpose-driven • ... See more
- An interesting observation in Maslow's work on self-actualized people is that they tend to be less "introspective" than others. Meaning they spend less time thinking about themselves and their feelings. But they are more attuned to their inner compass when *acting on the world*.
- In my experience successful people are successful because they have such enormous personal problems that literally becoming the best in the world is less hard than solving them. So all the productivity and health life tips are totally missing the point….
Sam Altman says that content curation and the ability to figure out what people want will be the most valuable skills in an AI-enhanced future https://t.co/qmtXKhW6SU
