Jason Shen
@jasonshen
Exec coach helping founders and creative leaders rebound and reinvent so they do more of what matters most.
Jason Shen
Why Did We (The English) Start Using Surnames?
youtube.comWe only have surnames because of the Black Death
But I was learning that succeeding at a research institution like Penn required skills that had little to do with science. You needed the ability to sell yourself and your work. You needed to attract funding. You needed the kind of interpersonal savvy that got you invited to speak at conferences and made people eager to mentor and support you. You... See more
The Weird Nerd comes with trade-offs
A quote from (Katalin Karikó, the co-inventor of the mRNA technology used in COVID-19 vaccines and 2023 Nobel Prize winner.)
CHEAT SHEET on playing the Corporate Political Game.
If you’re planning on making a success of senior leadership in a large corporate, you will probably need to play the corporate political game.
Personally not fpr me, but this is a cheat sheet on how I would do it.... See more
tiktok.comEven if you don’t work in corporate, it helps to understand how people advance to the top
You can’t escape work
You can escape the employment system. But if you think you’ve left work behind there will be a reckoning
The desire to contribute is human.
Paul Millerdx.comPaul Millerd on the need for human contribution
How Mayweather turned his brittle hands into a boxing wins and big payouts
(TikTok creator xeviuniverse) https://t.co/UVlzu6xIuv
Jason Shenx.comFloyd Mayweather turned his brittle hands into an advantage by goading people into fighting with him and winning on points
Dean Simonton, a psychologist, has spent his career studying creative productivity. He has found that even creative geniuses, what some may call David Guetta, have a hard time recognizing when they have a hit. Simonton spent some time studying Beethoven and spoke about him,
“Beethoven’s own favorites among his symphonies, sonatas, and quartets are... See more
“Beethoven’s own favorites among his symphonies, sonatas, and quartets are... See more
You truly never know
20 years isn’t that long, right? 😩 #gaminginyour30s #gtavicecity @Retro Games Plus @Noah Grossman #gta #gaming #funny #comedy #humor #gamersoftiktok
tiktok.comWhen the game is more retro than the setting
Kai Fu Lee, a longtime AI researcher, former CEO of Google China, and technology investor, has developed a 2x2 matrix for how humans should expect to interact with AI in his 2018 book AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order.
He defines two spectra: structured vs unstructured environments and asocial vs social environments.
Jason Shen • 131: How to Be Human in the Age of Generative AI
2 strategies for winning in venture—be early / get in, or be contrarian