Sublime

When people are naturally good at something, they tend to be puzzled by how bad other people are at it. So that's one way to figure out what you're naturally good at. What do other people seem puzzlingly bad at? (Being right doesn't count. Everyone thinks they're right.)

when people build anything, they want want to be unique so they default to reinventing the wheel for everything for no reason. the best founders & product people don’t do this—they change one variable. they solve one hard problem. that’s it. for everything else use existing

this is how you tell the difference between laziness and executive dysfunction btw

where you work literally determines: 1) how much you learn 2) how good your colleagues are 3) what you make 4) your brand and many other things, and all have no cap to the multipliers they can have for your career. people spend way to little time thinking about this