The three pillars of branding
Classic never dies, ever What you stand for is more important than what you sell Authencity speaks and sells itself -Michael Cassel, The Curse of Von Dutch Continue reading The three pillars of branding
Tag: Leadership
Hire for cultural fit prior to skills
When you’re thinking about hiring someone, no amount of skills can compensate for a lack of cultural fit. Therefore, your first make or break should always be about the cultural fit. Then you should evaluate the skills. -AJ Patel Continue reading Hire for cultural fit prior to skills
Identify people strenghts and put them in a system that exploits those strenghts
You have to remember, not everyone can do everything. It’s not a matter of them trying more or working harder. They really just can’t do it. You have to look at your employees, or your teammates, and know what they can do, not what they can’t. As a leader, your job is to recognize people’s talent and put them in situations where they could use those talents. Work with the strenghts of the person and don’t make them face situations to expose their weaknesses. 3h19mins, Relentless, Tim S. Grover Continue reading Identify people strenghts and put them in a system that exploits those strenghts
Growth isn’t linear
In the early days of the curve, you over-forecast (expectations are higher than results) and in the later days of the curve, you under-forecast. Doug Leone, Sequoia Capital part II Acquired Podcast Continue reading Growth isn’t linear
In six months from now, will you be happy to have started doing this today?
That’s the way to think about starting boring stuff. Some projects have wonderful long-term results but because these are long-terms, they are pushed back. For example, blogging is a great example. You won’t see results today, but in 6months or a year from now, you’ll be so happy to have written this article when you’re in the google snippets. Same thing for fitness. Sam Parr, My First Million Continue reading In six months from now, will you be happy to have started doing this today?
Clear mind results in better judgement which results in better outcome
If you want to be effective in business, you need a clear, calm, cool mind. Warren Buffet spends his days playing bridge, taking walks, not constantly feeding his mind with information. If you want to operate at peak performance, you have to learn how to tame your mind, the same way you have to learn to tame your body. Naval Ravikant, Joe Rogan Experience #1309, 19mins Continue reading Clear mind results in better judgement which results in better outcome
Am I playing a stupid game?
Play a stupid game, get a stupid prize. A stupid game is to try to win an argument on twitter. To convince somebody you’re right. Ex: You’re at the carnival and you pull up at the water squirt game. And you play that game. 40mins later you’ve put in $80 and you win. You’re the big winner and you get the giant stuffed animal. You’ve just won a $6 stuffed animal. Shaan Puri, MFM Mini, A guide to asking better questions, 9min Continue reading Am I playing a stupid game?
Ask yourself: Who needs my help today?
Often in a company, someone would need your help but it’s not urgent yet. It’s not an emergency… Well it’s good to address before it turns to shit. Shaan Puri, MFM Mini, A guide to asking better questions, 6min Continue reading Ask yourself: Who needs my help today?
If someone goes on to explain a complex plan, say:
“Ohh okay, that sounds like a huge plan. I’m not as smart as you. Imagine we had all half the IQ we have today, what would the dumb simple plan we would do to make progress.” Shaan Puri, MFM Mini, A guide to asking better questions, 5min Continue reading If someone goes on to explain a complex plan, say:
Pick up the gold coins, time is limited.
Let’s say that there’s gold coins in one area and silver coins in another, and copper in another, lead in another. Some people say, “Let’s just run around in a frenzy, picking up coins.” And I’ll say, “No, let’s stay here and pick up the gold coins until there’s no more gold. Then let’s go after the silver.” There’s only 24 hours in a day. And if it takes the same amount of effort to pick up the gold one as it does the lead one, pick up the gold ones. Gary Halbert, Gary Halbert: XXX, p.70 Continue reading Pick up the gold coins, time is limited.
Roadmap to Billions 