Jason Shen
@jasonshen
Exec coach helping founders and creative leaders rebound and reinvent so they do more of what matters most.
Jason Shen
His core takeaways were:
- Human desire is infinite so there will always be some work people can do. The question is will the work be meaningful and high value or denigrating and low value
- What humans will likely still do best is empathize with other humans, which enables us to persuade, inspire, entertain, and engender trust.
- People still want other pe
from 131: How to Be Human in the Age of Generative AI by Jason Shen
- it was my daughter’s love that freed me from my delusions of grandeur. It liberated me from the tyranny of trying to prove myself. Since her birth, I feel calmer and more secure. I have a sense of security I haven’t felt since I was a young child, living with parents who unconditionally loved me. Now, I care less about what other people think of me... See more
Meaning & satisfaction is often found in doing doing what is needed
You probably aren’t—and don’t want to appear in any case—perfect. As long as the quirks you display are irrelevant to the core of your reputation and why people select you—in the case of Summers, for his brilliance in the field of economics—the flaws and foibles can actually strengthen people’s commitment to you.
from Power: Why Some People Have It—and Others Don't by Jeffrey Pfeffer
Accentuate certain flaws to underscore your strengths
- Like girls, boys openly express their desire for genuine connections with others, including with boys. They reveal the human capacity for mutual understanding, care, and empathy and demonstrate remarkably astute abilities to read the human world. Yet as they reach middle to late adolescence and as expectations of manhood intensify, they begin to ex... See moreFrom A Crisis of Connection
- As a first point, the Hook, we get to know Harry Potter and the story’s context. He lives with his aunt and uncle in a basement. He later discovers that he is a wizard and that his destiny is to go to Hogwarts, the school of magic. This phase is Plot Turn 1, i.e., the first turning point in the plot.
The antagonist begins to be recognized. A troll a... See morefrom The 7-Point Story Structure
The 7 Point Story Structure
- Friendship is born at the moment when one person says to another: ‘What? You too? I thought I was the only one.’”—C. S. Lewis
Gatherings & Relationships and be goddamn yourself
The only way to connect with people on a deep level is to exposure yourself vulnerable.
- Picking a few hits requires a tolerance for many bad ideas, mediocre ideas, and even good ideas cursed with bad timing. Above all, it requires a business model that supports the inevitability that most new things fail; the most promising ideas often attract a chorus of skeptics; and one big hit can pay for a thousand flops.
from Hit Makers: The Science of Popularity in an Age of Distraction by Derek Thompson
hits driven businesses are unintuitive
- The argument is that accountings of history are not accurate, and can never be accurate, thanks to the narrative fallacy . By its nature, narrative necessarily compresses reality into some coherent tale, meaning that accountings of history tend to overemphasise intention and action, instead of the more plausible ‘random actions by actors in a compl
from Link
Read history for examples of concepts, not direct lessons
In using standards, it is important to ask for precedents. “Have you ever done this before?” and “Have you ever made an exception?” should be part of your everyday vocabulary.
from Getting More by Stuart Diamond
Negotiation and Getting Your Way
Think like a judge when negotiating—look for precedents and exceptions