Matt O'Donnell
@modonnell
On a never-ending search for interesting things
Matt O'Donnell
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“Under pressure, you don't rise to the occasion, you sink to the level of your training
Amanda Schwartz Ramirez • Invest in Yourself (Dear, New Ops Leader | Part 5)
"Stop trying to be "balanced." Balanced people don't change the world, nor are they particularly interesting. Be yourself, embrace the highs and lows, live a little."
All of my startup experience summed up:
The right person with the precise right focus and completely unshackled is 10x as effective as 10 pretty smart people working hard in a vague general direction
Austen Allredx.comYour emotions are feedback, not facts. Just because something feels like it’s true doesn’t mean it has to be true.
My Website • No Such Thing as a Bad Emotion?
Moving from one rhythm to the other involves a shift in priorities -- in values -- more than just switching from one task to another. It's not just “what am I doing next?”, but “what do I put a higher value on: the me-work that defines my role and identity, or the we-work that involves coordinative and cooperative work?”
“You can’t talk butterfly language with caterpillar people.”
Trish Deseine
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.
Every • A Founder's Guide to Expanding Your Comfort Zone
It’s Good
It Can Be Better
Eventually it Will Be Good Enough
Next Time Will Be Even Better
I remember a psychiatrist once telling me that I gamble in order to escape the reality of life, and I told him that’s why everyone does everything.
― Norm Macdonald, 2016