Britt Gage
@brittfgage
Founder, of All Trades. Building a new type of company for generalists and the founders we seek to serve.
Britt Gage
weofalltrades.com
When dealing with a cofounder or colleague who is stuck in a blind spot, we tend to use two core strategies:
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- Confrontation —giving someone direct critical feedback or an ultimatum about something to change
- Passivity —hoping it will change on its own, deciding it’s not a big deal, or simply firing them to avoid dealing with the conflict
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Casey Rosengren • The Art of Subtle Influence
If you remain flexible – even in the places where you really do think you got it right – and give yourself the chance to be proven incorrect, you’re setting yourself and your company up for success.
The Not So Cookie-Cutter Approach to Company Building — 8 Lessons from Zapier
The future of work is flexible - teams need partners that are flexible and and allow for flexibility in their work structures.
The first step toward freedom is to notice when you’re falling into aversive control. In other words, you can’t stop running until you realize that you’re doing it.
For example, as you’re joining a meeting or beginning work on a task, you could ask yourself, “At this moment, am I oriented toward what matters or away from pain?” Sometimes, this... See more
For example, as you’re joining a meeting or beginning work on a task, you could ask yourself, “At this moment, am I oriented toward what matters or away from pain?” Sometimes, this... See more
Casey Rosengren • How to Find Freedom Under Pressure
The freedom loop
seths.blog
Self-promotion makes me uncomfortable.
Maybe because I (read: most women) am not really great at it?
Or because I never want to sound sales-y.
Maybe because I (read: most women) am not really great at it?
Or because I never want to sound sales-y.
Sari Azout • A Moodboard for People Who Hate Self-Promotion
One must seek Knowledge, but be a little wary of finding it. Perhaps excessive, but one could say the idea of possessing knowledge represents a kind of complacency. This is what Socrates meant: Once you think you know, you stop looking. You cease your wonder.
Simon Sarris • Long Distance Thinking
A different way to think about curiosity to guide the process — It’s not about knowing, it’s about yearning to know.
Prioritization and accountability are important. When we were an early startup, we had a prioritization and accountability process that happened every three weeks. As we grew that lengthened to every six weeks and today, we go through it quarterly. It is part of our operating muscle as a company. Acknowledging what is and isn’t going to get done... See more