Good Traits
exploring good character traits, personalities, etc
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Good Traits
How effective is humor as a leadership tool? Being funny is one of the ultimate weapons a person can have in human society. It might even compete with being really good-looking.
Daniel McGinn • Jerry Seinfeld: Comedian, Innovator, Micromanager
On people who are INTO it:
Have you ever had the experience, Jerry asks, where you look at something and go, ‘Wow, whoever made that—they were INTO it!’? “That’s what I care about. That’s all I care about. I don’t care about traits or techniques, I don’t care what you do or how you do it—I just want to see people and talk to people and be around peo
... See morePeople with very high expectations have very low resilience
via Jensen Huang: I’ve seen plenty of straight-A Ivy-league students struggle when they enter the real world.
I think our competitive aim is always been... This is going to sound like very basic but it’s true. It’s just we do what we say we’re going to do when we say we’re going to do it. We just try to practice extreme reliability. And it’s an accruing advantage because the more people know that you’ll do what you say you’re going to do, you’re going to t... See more
Brent Beshore – Building And Growing A Competitive Advantage At Permanent Equity – Ep. 76 - Searchfunder
We talk about moats and competitive advantages the traditional way - IP, brand, distribution. I love the idea of "extreme reliability" as a competitive advantage for people and companies - very few people say what they mean, do what they say, and do so when they said they were going to do it.
Sometimes I’ve had this feeling like someone is so much smarter than me and therefore I have no hope of competing. But usually what is really going on is that they are just more obsessed than me. Intelligence is good, and some amount is required, but the obsession is better.
Patrick OShaughnessy • Tweet
on obsession