leadership
Private Coaching — Donna Lichaw
donnalichaw.com
Coaching?
working hard is overpriced, focusing hard is underpriced. Most of our lives are spent inside the Grove Trap: “ There are so many people working so hard, and achieving so little” - Andy Grove. One door out of the Grove Trap is deep mode: Focus 90% of your work hours for 2-4 weeks on your number one bottleneck. Most people context-switch between... See more
9 fun ways to increase your agency with zero grinding required
9 fun ways to increase your agency with zero grinding required
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“Kidlins’ law: If you write the problem down clearly, then the matter is 50% solved.”
Don’t follow the fad: “We were a bit contrarian. At the time, it was all about the Lean Startup, getting early customer validation and failing fast. This book making the rounds called ‘ The Four Steps to the Epiphany ’ espoused this lean company development model, where you put out a super rough prototype to get to know the customer and quickly
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2. Separate debate from decision-making. The informed captain model works because it clearly distinguishes between the phase where you gather input and the phase where you make the call. This prevents endless consensus-seeking while ensuring decisions are well-informed.
Inside Netflix's Culture Machine
The key insight here is that the informed captain isn't just someone with authority – they're specifically the person who has done the work to understand different perspectives. As Angela put it, the responsibility isn't just to make the call, but to "explicitly and proactively solicit opinions that they know will be different to their own."
Inside Netflix's Culture Machine
This is how I tend to work and want to do more of
7 Lessons From About a Million Jobs
medium.com
Liviu Librescu
weremember.vt.edu
“It is a question of pleasures,” Dr. Librescu said in 2005, when asked why he continued to work so hard. “It is not a question of organizations or calculations. If I had the pleasure to do this, then I will put time aside to do this. It is personal freedom. If you are limited, then you miss the freedom. And I—I would like to be fluid. I would like to be free as a bird and fly everywhere.”
“maybe being brave is having those few moments alone everyday, and saying, there's something I know I can learn everyday, so it's OK to admit to yourself what your insecurities are. I don't necessarily think you should admit them to your co-workers, because you don't know if it won't be used against you.
I'm quite shocked about office bullying.... See more
I'm quite shocked about office bullying.... See more
Quotes
Tori Amos in Vice, 2012