On building of All Trades
What I am instead arguing for is something more expansive. The thing you should work hard at is everything . Finding ways to imbue each moment with meaning and purpose and effort is the only path... See more
Evan Armstrong • Devote Yourself to the Cause of Your Life
100 Simple Truths
Alison Roman • I Opened A Grocery Store
It’s the ‘we’ that creates a school of thought, a movement, a network, a culture.
Curate, connect, organize and lead.
Generalists are hiding in plain sight. Their identity is tied to connecting the dots for others instead of themselves. oAT exists so that they’re seen for the impact they make, even when others might not yet see or understand.
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How We're Working Without Managers at Buffer
The COO role shifts when you’re building a networked instead of a structured organization
Evan Armstrong • Want to Build? Technical Excellence Won’t Be Enough.
Steve Jobs
Anne-Laure Le Cunff • The tyranny of job titles: from vanity growth to personal growth
Generalists have shirked the the notion of a true job title to fit their work and have followed the thread of providing value and making an impact. No wonder there’s a group of talented professionals hiding in plain sight given how constricting the traditional job titles have become in affirming our professional worth.
You can’t be a hoarder of power within an organization. Once you get to a point where you feel like something is ready for lots of scale, get comfortable with letting it go so you can move on to the next building challenge.
23 Tactical Company Building Lessons, Learned From Scaling Stripe & Notion
Founders that step away grow their startup; find a team to trust and then share the power to increase your scaling velocity.
- I did enough to not get fired.
- I did enough to get promoted.
- I did enough to get hired by a better firm.
- I solved a problem for a customer who was frustrated.
- I changed the system and now my peers are far more productive.
- I invented something that creates new possibilities and