Things I'm Thinking About
My note to self from reading the book: “THINGS LOOK GOOD AT THE END OF THE JOURNEY, NOT DURING.” Tesla and SpaceX were not built. They were willed into existence, against all odds.
SpaceX failed to launch many times, and was ridiculed by many people. After their third (or fourth) failed launch, Elon sends an email to his team: “ SpaceX is in this f... See more
SpaceX failed to launch many times, and was ridiculed by many people. After their third (or fourth) failed launch, Elon sends an email to his team: “ SpaceX is in this f... See more
sari azout • Taste, Conviction, Elon Musk
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Getting Lucky
4 Dec 2024 — 5 min read
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... See moreLuck isn’t a constant, it increases with surface area: be in the right places, have lots of conversations, put yourself out there, ask for what you want and be optimistic and positive.
Deep Roots, Hard Looks, and Change — Permanent Equity: Investing in Companies that Care What Happens Next
Emily Holdmanpermanentequity.com

The most important question for me is, "How do I want to spend my days?" And the answer is: I want to spend my time thinking, creating, and ideating with a small group of people to build a beautiful, creative, values-aligned business. I am not interested in 14-hour work days, back-to-back meetings that deplete my energy, can’t catch a breath to-do ... See more
Sari Azout • Sari Azout on Building Emotional Capital
this approach will be mocked and jeered at by startup junkies, crazed hustlers hungry for scale, or anyone who is just in it for cold, hard cash. But it's important to remember what you want here. Personally, I want to do something I love, with healthy profits and the absolute time freedom to live life the exact way I like it. I would not sacrifice
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