Pritesh

Finding one’s voice is an act of self-discovery. Finding one’s niche is an act of finding out who in the world thinks you’re interesting. Voice is brand identity; niche is market segment. Voice, inside out; niche, outside in.

To be a good delegator, first you have to be a systems thinker . Systems thinking consists of understanding how events, behaviors, tasks, problems etc. relate and how they can prevail and sustain over time.

humans are particularly wired to follow the cues of three groups: the close, the many, and the powerful.

Clear taste acts as a decision-making accelerant. Every choice becomes obvious when filtered through a coherent point of view.

Just to give you a funny anecdote, during my first week at Instacart, I remember joining our weekly business review, and there was a team that had managed to save $0.01 per delivery through a set of optimization. And as soon as they announced that, the whole room erupted in applause. And I remember thinking, oh, we celebrate cents here.

tension is sport’s most seductive narrative device.

Most buy something they just want to work. Configuration is a drag, not a desire. Setting something up brings them down. They just want their struggle out of the way, and choosing and buying the thing was the majority of the work they signed up for. The rest should just glide.

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Psychologists often point to “openness to experience” as a key trait when it comes to developing and sustaining our passions. This openness goes beyond simple curiosity; it’s about giving ourselves permission to explore unfamiliar things, even if they’re outside our comfort zone. It means resisting the urge to shut down prematurely and instead... See more

Understanding is a cognitive function through which humans gather information from their environment in order to make sense of it and create a context in which they can interact with it. With a good understanding of the environment, humans are able to avoid dangers and take advantage of opportunities for food, reproduction, and shelter.