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As leaders, we must move from being the hero to being the architect of environments where others can excel.
Memo to CTOs: Don’t build the product
“Every successful company is a cult.”
Keith Rabois @rabois
“If you look at how almost every successful company was built, it’s heroic effort. And there’s no substitute for that heroic effort in the beginning.”
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Slootman would start board meetings by detailing everything going wrong or likely to go wrong , rather than patting himself on the back
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“Being a CEO is a highly confrontational role... Confrontation is about confronting issues and situations that are either not good enough or could be better,”
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Instead of asking "what tasks can we automate?" leaders should ask "what new capabilities can we unlock?"
One of the hardest and loneliest battles you’ll have to fight as you work to build the life you want is maintaining unwavering self belief that you will make it despite having *nothing* to show for it over a 2-3 year period before you see “overnight” success. You’ll feel like an imposter telling others what you’re building and who you believe... See more
Bx.com“Strategy is accepting that you are doing something better than the other and the other is doing something better than you. You have to pick your fight.”
- Axel Dumas, CEO of Hermes
