Laurence Chen
@laurencec
Generalist
Laurence Chen
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Generalists thrive in early stage companies where it’s small and people are nimble. There’s much more opportunity for the generalist. –Britt Gage
Do, or do not. There is no failure, only feedback. –Yoda Robert Allen
Ready Fire Aim and
The greatest power of games is that you can explore this landscape of different agencies. The greatest danger of games is that you can get sucked into this experience of just craving and wanting to be in a clear, crisp and gentle universe where you know exactly what to do and exactly how well it’s measured.
New York Times • A Philosophy of Games That Is Really a Philosophy of Life
The game dialectic is electric!
The tweet that can be retweeted is not the eternal kernel. Lather, rinse, retweet. This too is panicky. [Twitter tagline, Laurence Chen]
“A tiny acorn grows into a magnificent oak tree, and it never goes: ‘I have to improve myself.’”
Discover, not improve
When you make something, when you improve something, when you deliver something, when you add some new thing or service to the lives of strangers, making them happier, or healthier, or safer, or better, and when you do it all crisply and efficiently, smartly, the way everything should be done but so seldom is—you’re participating more fully in the
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