Strategy

Companies have to hire the best, but that won’t be enough. They’ll also need to rethink how they reskill and upskill their people.

If you want me to go all in on you, you better be all in on what we’re doing together. If you’re not all in, if you are only kinda into it, I don’t want to work with you.

Good thinking is expensive. Bad thinking costs a fortune.

One way to force yourself to think is to write. Good writing requires good thinking.

Forcing yourself to make your thinking visible gives poor thinking nowhere to hide. You can’t simply take a few minutes here and there, get the gist of the problem, and expect to have clear writing. It doesn’t... See more

“The ultimate form of preparation is not planning for a specific scenario, but a mindset that can handle uncertainty.”

“The hard way is the fast way.

Do it right the first time and you won’t have to do it over the next time.”

First Principles: The Building Blocks of True Knowledge

What happens on the outside is strategy, what happens on the inside is action.

“Some projects benefit from early action. If you’re writing a book, it’s easy to spend a lot of time brainstorming titles and dreaming up an outline, but it’s better to simply write. The book discovers itself as you go. Yes, you’ll need to go back and organize things, but this is easier to do once you have material. The key is to act first and then... See more