Maxim: Focus! Founders have to ruthlessly protect their focus because nothing is more valuable than quick feedback loops on learning, execution, launching and feedback. He told an incredible story of an entrepreneur in Europe who was invited to go meet Dan Ek, founder of Spotify.
Maxim: Focus! Founders have to ruthlessly protect their focus because nothing is more valuable than quick feedback loops on learning, execution, launching and feedback. He told an incredible story of an entrepreneur in Europe who was invited to go meet Dan Ek, founder of Spotify.
Startups are about focusing and executing on a single, scalable idea rather than jumping on every good one which crosses your desk.
Rob Fitzpatrick • The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you
Focus is a force multiplier on work.
Almost everyone I’ve ever met would be well-served by spending more time thinking about what to focus on. It is much more important to work on the right thing than it is to work many hours. Most people waste most of their time on stuff that doesn’t matter.
Once you have figured out what to do, be unstoppable about... See more
Almost everyone I’ve ever met would be well-served by spending more time thinking about what to focus on. It is much more important to work on the right thing than it is to work many hours. Most people waste most of their time on stuff that doesn’t matter.
Once you have figured out what to do, be unstoppable about... See more
blog.samaltman.com • How to Be Successful
Peter Thiel: Extreme focus is a superpower “Don’t divide your attention. Focusing on one thing yields increasing returns for each unit of effort.At a micro level, an extra hour of focus on the current project has a much higher return than an hour on something new, or worse, 5 minutes each on 12 new things. Before you ever do something new, you shou... See more