Joe Stampone

"The internet has massively broadened the possible space of careers. Most people haven't figured this out yet."

"Focus on the things you are for, not the things you are against.

Many people spend large chunks of their day thinking about what they hate. They are always telling you about something they dislike: this food, that subject, this political party, that coworker.

You are more than your frustrations. Build your identity around what you love."

Progress doesn't come from revolutionary leaps but from the patient accumulation of small, earned advances.

The simple framework Jeff Bezos used to make faster decisions at Amazon:

“Some decisions are consequential and irreversible or nearly irreversible – one-way doors – and these decisions must be made methodically, carefully, slowly, with great deliberation and consultation. If you walk through and don’t like what you see on the other side, you can’t

The best are always learning.

Read like crazy.
Think alone.
Keep a journal.
Write stuff down the moment you see it.
Review regularly.
Memorize the big ideas to fluency.
Attack your best ideas.
And never get high on your own supply.

You don't have to be gifted. You do have to be deliberate.

Cultivate an environment of respectful disagreement.

Your longevity in business is determined by the amount of disagreement you can foster.

The highest functioning people and teams don't hide from disagreement—they encourage it. Respectful disagreement is an act of love that makes the whole greater than the sum of the parts.

When people feel safe to