Matt O'Donnell
By starting with yourself, you can create an environment in which everyone is self-aware—which, in turn, leads to mutual awareness among team members.
from Scaling People: Tactics for Management and Company Building by Claire Hughes Johnson
- The more you release, the easier it becomes.
The more you release, the closer to your truth you get.
The more you release, the more you see who you really are.
The more you let your guts out, the more you shine a light for others to do the same.from Creative courage and letting your guts out by Jamie Nami Kim
Your lack of accountability has nothing to do with tactics. It has to do with your emotions.
from 272. The Emotional Accountability of What's Important by Jeff Matlow | The Best Leadership Newsletter Ever
- Your next great ride is building in a yet unseeable swell. And when it does suddenly make its appearance, you’ve got to paddle like Hell to catch it. I never understood the confluence of luck and effort so clearly.
from surf school by Isabel Cowles Murphy
This is one of the beautiful and painful parts of building a company–at some point, your comfort zone becomes the bottleneck in your business. Either you grow as a founder (and a person), or the company plateaus.
from A Founder's Guide to Expanding Your Comfort Zone by Every
“Under pressure, you don't rise to the occasion, you sink to the level of your training
from Invest in Yourself (Dear, New Ops Leader | Part 5) by Amanda Schwartz Ramirez
If you can’t solve for the hardest part, the part with the most uncertainty, there’s no point in doing anything else.
from Grit or Quit? Advice for Tackling Tough Startup Decisions by review.firstround.com
Avoid activities that give you the sugar rush of accomplishment for accomplishment’s sake.
from Where We Go Wrong with Collaboration by hbr.org
- “The more a project scares you, the more that probably means it’s worth doing.”
–Damien Chazellefrom Just a moment... by Britton Perelman