Underrated career hack for young people:
Be easy to root for.
Show up early. Do what you say you're going to do. Take things off others plates. Stay late. Work weekends. Have a great attitude. Don't gossip, whine, or complain.
Be easy to work with and hard to compete against.
In 2009, Netflix shocked everyone with a slide deck that gave employees:
• No vacation rules
• No expense limits
• And no fixed hours
Sheryl Sandberg called it "the most important document ever to come out of the Valley."
How Netflix's culture created a $356B empire: 🧵
Proof that lifting heavy things brings people closer together.
Especially when someone’s floor pressing and we’re hyping it like it’s a world record. 💯😂 #StrongerEveryDay#GymFam
IRS: You owe us money. It's called taxes.
Me: How much?
IRS: You'll figure it out.
Me: I just pay what I think is right?
IRS: Nope. We know exactly how much. But you have to guess.
Me: What if I'm wrong?
IRS: Fees. Maybe jail. We'll see.
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Business grow to their constraint and no further.
Strategic initiatives not focused on relieving the constraint are a waste of resources.
This is why many people work, and yet, don’t grow.
Removing the true constraint is critical to growth. Here are the steps:
1. Identify the Constraint
2. Make it Lean
3. Make it Better
4. Make it More
5. Make it Automatic
Rinse and repeat.
Wanting work-life balance is OK.
Wanting to build a breakthrough startup is OK.
But you shouldn't expect both.
In 30+ years and knowing hundreds of founders, I've never met a single founder that built a breakthrough startup while maintaining work-life balance.
Any competitive human endeavor requires sacrifice to stand-out. Whether it's athletics, arts or entrepreneurship.
Raw talent is not enough. You have to toil.