Hasitha Senevirathne
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Hasitha Senevirathne
"Man is the creature who does not know what to desire, and he turns to others in order to make up his mind. We desire what others desire because we imitate their desires."
Mimetic theory
Mimetic desire
Although doing great work takes less discipline than people think — because the way to do great work is to find something you like so much that you don't have to force yourself to do it — finding work you love does usually require discipline. Some people are lucky enough to know what they want to do when they're 12, and just glide along as if they ... See more
Paul Graham • How to Do What You Love
One of the worst things you could do to your brain and body is getting less than 4000 steps a day.
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How to teach agency
First, let me tell you how you would do it in an idyllic world.
First, let me tell you how you would do it in an idyllic world.
- Assign one of your subordinates the smallest task requiring agency you can think of. It has to be job-related and meaningful, but it doesn’t have to be big. In fact, the smaller, the better. For example, “Find two ways we can lower our costs and verify their feasibi
Luca Dellanna • Agency is trainable
Figure out what you’re excellent at. You have to try different tasks and roles to figure it out but when you can articulate what you’re best at and clarify your value proposition, you can find opportunities that map your value proposition.
The second thing is to figure out something you're excellent at. You may not know right away. You have to try ... See more
The second thing is to figure out something you're excellent at. You may not know right away. You have to try ... See more
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So, we came up with the PSHE framework for career progression:
Initially, you’re given the Problem, Solution, How, and need to Execute.
As you advance, you’re given the Problem and Solution to figure out the How.
Later, we hand you the Problem, and you devise the Solution and How.
At the top, we hand you the space, and you must find the Problem.
This framework worked so well that we applied it to engineering, design, and sales. For example, the best salesperson isn’t always the person who beats their quota. It's the person who can handle any curveball like a faulty product, a shrinking market, or a struggling team. They can pinpoint real issues, develop solutions, and get results.
What’s your one-line summary of this framework?
The best people create clarity out of ambiguity.
Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, and I really wish somebody had told this to me.
All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But it’s like there is this gap. For the first couple years that you’re making stuff, what you’re making isn’t so good. It’s not that great. It’s trying to be good, it has ambition... See more
All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But it’s like there is this gap. For the first couple years that you’re making stuff, what you’re making isn’t so good. It’s not that great. It’s trying to be good, it has ambition... See more
James Clear • Ira Glass and What Every Successful Person Knows, but Never Says
Final Thought:
Ryan Graves didn’t win because he had the best credentials.
He won because he had the courage to ask.
He took a shot when others were lurking.
That tweet? Maybe luck.
But it was also a bold timing, follow-through & showing up before everyone else.
Ryan Graves didn’t win because he had the best credentials.
He won because he had the courage to ask.
He took a shot when others were lurking.
That tweet? Maybe luck.
But it was also a bold timing, follow-through & showing up before everyone else.