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The rarest form of power is reliability. The man who delivers exactly what he says, every time, becomes a constant in a world of chaos. Competence eventually turns to influence, because when people trust your precision, they unconsciously hand you authority.
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Working smarter not harder is a beautiful lie.
You will not know how to work smart until you've worked very hard for an irrationally long time.
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Junior PM:
"Can I be added to this meeting?"
Senior PM:
"Do you need me in this meeting?"
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The ultimate form of preparation is not planning for a specific scenario, but a mindset that can handle uncertainty.
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most people don’t realize a major part of being a corporate executive is slack jiu jitsu. it’s literally just maintaining state on a million ongoing threads and connecting person A to person B to resolve dependency conflicts at an incredibly rapid pace
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Unpopular opinion:
Telling young people to work-life balance is actively harmful. Your 20’s are the best time to grind. You have lots of energy and few responsibilities.
a good 20’s grind creates the space to chill in your 30’s and beyond
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"If you provide an API client that doesn't include rate limiting, you don't really have an API client. You've got an exception generator with a remote timer." – Richard Schneeman
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If you surround yourself with only people who make you better…you’ll probably get better than you are.
And if you’re that rare combination of ambitious yet humble - you may even get better than they are.
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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
