Reminders for myself

Let’s All Go To The Lobby

⚡ Let’s All Go To The Lobby

Bezos, when asked where he gets the confidence to attempt to build companies of such massive scale, like Amazon and Blue Origin.

He responds:

“I think it’s generally human nature to overestimate risk and underestimate opportunity. And so I think entrepreneurs in general would be well-advised to try and bias against that. The risks are probably not a

The more you see, the more skeptical you become. Optimize for skepticism and curiosity. Having been a VC and invested as an angel in well over 100 companies, my inbox flows with ideas of all kinds from aspiring and repeat entrepreneurs. In the earlier days, I’d get excited by ideas especially the first time I saw them. But over time, I soon realize... See more

To identify key business objectives and revenue drivers, use the SPACES model: support, product, acquisition, contribution, engagement, success. Start by focusing on one or two primary objectives you can measure and expand from there. Good measurement frameworks consist of the goal you’re trying to achieve, the measures that will tell you if you ac... See more

David Spinks • The Business of Belonging: How to Make Community your Competitive Advantage

Reminder that a sense of agency means feeling like you have control over your actions and their consequences . I think people tend to forget that second part; owning your mistakes and their consequences is extremely difficult, which might be a motivating factor for some people to adopt victim complexes. (A victim complex is learned!)

sundus • agency: it's only human

The Solution• For Overthinkers: "You don't need a to-do list. you need to clean your toilet." - David Allen• For Hustlers: "Where you are headed is more important than how fast you are getting there." - Stephen Covey

Daniel Kazandjian • Meta Productivity w/ Daniel Kazandjian

The moral here is the following: whenever you send an email to somebody (especially to somebody busy), imagine that this is what their inbox looks like. Unless you send a follow up, you’re not even trying. And they know it, so unless you follow up, they will probably just ignore you, correctly believing that you do not even want to talk to them so ... See more

Alexey Guzey • It Is Your Responsibility to Follow Up - Alexey Guzey

‘The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears or the sea.’ by Karen Blixen, writing as Isak Dinesen

In a word, we’ve struggled for two years to find someone with taste—with an eye for what stands the chance of being interesting, entertaining, or useful to an audience.