Jason Bergman
@jasonmbergman
Jason Bergman
Naval - if you can’t decide, the answer is no. You’ll never be absolutely certain but you should be very certain. If you’re ever split on a decision, choose the hardest short term pain. Most gains come from suffering in the short term to get paid in the long term. Accessibility to learning is abundant but the desire to learn is scarce.
In general, your best weapon against these monsters is determination. Even though we usually use one word for it, determination is really two separate things: resilience and drive. Resilience keeps you from being pushed backwards. Drive moves you forwards.
Most teams are not focused enough. I rarely encountered a team that employed too narrow an aperture. It goes against our human grain. People like to boil oceans. Just knowing that can be to your advantage.
Amp It Up! by Frank Slootman
The Zone 2 Practice Session
Confession: I’m a nervous public speaker.
Every single time I’d get up to do a presentation in school or my early career years, I’d feel a familiar sensation—my heart would start racing, my breathing would quicken, and my face would get hot. I’d manage it to the best of my ability, but I never felt confident or comfortable
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Charlie Munger
Too many people think the grass is greener somewhere else but grass is green where you water it, remember that.
Gamma
gamma.appJosh Durham/AGM influencer guide
ServiceNow internally advocated employees being drivers, not passengers. Passengers end up in the same place as drivers but they are dead weight.
