Jason Shen
@jasonshen
Exec coach helping founders and creative leaders rebound and reinvent so they do more of what matters most.
Jason Shen
Chasing scale seems to be a kind of early life affliction. The more you chase it, the bigger the thing you chase gets. Perhaps it’s a natural desire to see how important we can be or at least how important our creations can be to the world (and hence how important we can be by proxy …). A desire to take on a seemingly insurmountable challenge, perhaps a noble one (though not always), and see if we can conquer it.
"In addition, there are problems that humans rather than computers will have to solve for purely practical reasons. It isn’t because computers couldn’t eventually solve them. It’s because in real life, and especially in organizational life, we keep changing our conception of what the problem is and what our goals are."
— Geoff Colvin, Humans Are
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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.
Jeffrey Pfeffer • Power: Why Some People Have It—and Others Don't
Accentuate certain flaws to underscore your strengths
Jerry Seinfeld on how “the only thing in life that’s really worth having is good skill. good skill is the greatest possession.”
Jason Feifer on LinkedIn: This famous redesign led to a $600 million sale — but here’s the part… | 168 comments
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Standing out with your ingredients list
Even if you don’t work in corporate, it helps to understand how people advance to the top
It started when both were in London one day and decided to get together and produce some music. On that day, one of the songs they made was “I’m Good (Blue)”. However, at the end of the day, they decided that nothing they made that day was worth releasing. It was a solid music production session but nothing really moved the needle.
Fast forward a... See more
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I’m Good (Blue) went viral on TikTok and became Bebe Rhexa and David Guetta’s most streamed song, despite not being deemed worthy by either.
What it’s like to be fully dialed in to your role
The fact is, meetings are often ineffective because most workers aren't disciplined enough to:
share an agenda in advance of the meeting
prioritize discussion topics
make crisp decisions
provide constructive feedback
assign next steps / follow ups
Do you really think that if we cancelled the meeting, they'll be disciplined enough to write clear... See more
share an agenda in advance of the meeting
prioritize discussion topics
make crisp decisions
provide constructive feedback
assign next steps / follow ups
Do you really think that if we cancelled the meeting, they'll be disciplined enough to write clear... See more