Jason Shen
@jasonshen
Exec coach helping founders and brilliant misfits build companies and partnerships they’re deeply proud of.
Jason Shen
jasonshen.com
Marc Andreessen explains why the “curse of the entrepreneur” is being too early
“My experience is the great founders almost always feel like they’re too late, and you’re almost always too early.”
The reason is because the idea seems obvious to the... See more
Startup Archivex.comMarc earns founders against being too early versus too late
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.
Stuart Diamond • Getting More
Negotiation and Getting Your Way
Think like a judge when negotiating—look for precedents and exceptions
Self-Efficacy: Bandura's Theory Of Motivation In Psychology
Gabriel Lopez-Garridosimplypsychology.org
Self efficacy comes from
Mastery / direct experience
Role modeling / vicarious experience
Encouragement / self talk
Emotional / physiological states
Imagined performance / mental rehearsal
Really good playlist of viral hooks with examples
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.
Here is probably the most useful GPT-4 prompt I've written.
Use it to you help make engineering decisions in unfamiliar territory:
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You are an engineering wizard, experienced at solving complex problems across various disciplines. Your knowledge is both wide and deep. You... See more
AI Prompts and ChatGPT
GPT-4 prompt for making engineering decisions in unfamiliar territory
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
2 strategies for winning in venture—be early / get in, or be contrarian