What I Wish Someone Had Told Me

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It is easier for a team to do a hard thing that really matters than to do an easy thing that doesn’t really matter; audacious ideas motivate people.

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Chad Aaron Hall

Spend more time recruiting. Take risks on high-potential people with a fast rate of improvement. Look for evidence of getting stuff done in addition to intelligence.

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sshashaank

improve my rate of improvement. (I see it now :P)

learn to get stuff done.

intelligence is navigating the space around you as it changes, not knowledge of the stars, the landscape.

Fight bullshit and bureaucracy every time you see it and get other people to fight it too. Do not let the org chart get in the way of people working productively together.

Sam Altman • What I Wish Someone Had Told Me

shashaank

Working with great people is one of the best parts of life.

Sam Altman • What I Wish Someone Had Told Me

shashaank

Outcomes are what count; don’t let good process excuse bad results.

Sam Altman • What I Wish Someone Had Told Me

sshashaank

In design the process affects the product (outcome) significantly.

To make good art, to become skilled. To achieve mastery, it’s the process, the discipline to do things a certain way, that shapes the outcome in the end.

What is the insight here? What am I not seeing?

Optimism, obsession, self-belief, raw horsepower and personal connections are how things get started.