Wiktor Tkaczyk
@wtkaczyk
@wtkaczyk
what’s gonna help you wake up, won't help you sleep at night - for cryin’ out loud by Finneas
"If you have a problem with me, text me. If you don't have my number, then you don't know me well enough to have a problem with me!'
In an information-rich world, the wealth of information means a dearth of something else: a scarcity of whatever it is that information consumes. What information consumes is rather obvious: it consumes the attention of its recipients. Hence a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention. - Herbert Simon, 1971
If you work on anything worthwhile, sooner or later people will care about it and will want you to send progress updates. These could be quarterly investor updates, weekly updates to your boss, emails to adjacent teams, etc. Here are tips on how to do this well.
Understand your role, and with each update add to the body of evidence that you’re a goo
‘‘I have led a toothless life’, he thought. ‘ A toothless life. I have never bitten into anything. I was waiting. I was reserving myself for later on-and I have just noticed that my teeth have gone. What’s to be done? Break the shell? That’s easily said. Besides, what would remain? A little viscous gum, oozing through the dust and leaving a glister
... See more“I know he's a good general, but is he lucky?” ― Napoleon Bonaparte
You care too much because you don’t have a world to build - Dan Koe
The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place - George Bernard Shaw
We need a sense of direction, not a definition of our selves. We need to be able to bumble around the Earth, having multiple experiences and doing a variety of things, so that we can take all the learnings and benefits that variety can offer us. But we also need to know the core of ourselves so that we don’t have to let those experiences change our
... See more“The first draft is just you telling yourself the story.”
—Terry Pratchett