Dan Berlin

Real life happens in those precious moments that distract us from the judgments of ourselves or others.

[Ray Dalio @RayDalio]

So long as you bear the consequences of failure, you are the ultimate Responsible Party. For example, while you might choose to delegate the responsibility of figuring out how to handle your illness to a doctor, it is your responsibility to pick the right one, since you will bear the consequences if he does a bad job. Or if you were building a house, would you go to an architect and say "show me the kinds of houses I can build" or would you tell the architect what kind of house you want to live in? This is especially true when it comes to money. If you delegate the oversight responsibility for your finances to others, they typically won't hold themselves as accountable for your money as they would their own and they won't fire themselves if they are doing a bad job. Only the ultimate RP can do that. #principleoftheday

[Dan Berlin @DanBerlin]

If your company is going to make it impossible to reach a customer support rep that’s human, it’s best to assume that the ones that make it through actually have a real issue.

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

In unhealthy relationships, people walk on eggshells to avoid conflict. They tell you what you want to hear.

In healthy relationships, people have the courage to address conflict. They tell you what you need to hear.

Silence protects fragile ties. Candor strengthens real bonds.

[Dan Berlin @DanBerlin]

Hmmm…. 🤔

[Ray Dalio @RayDalio]

Get rid of irrelevant details so that the essential things and the relationships between them stand out. As the saying goes, "Any damn fool can make it complex. It takes a genius to make it simple." Think of Picasso. He could paint beautiful representational paintings from an early age, but he continually pared down and simplified as his career progressed. Look at each one of the pictures and steps and appreciate the genius of his simplification. Not everyone has a mind that works that way, but just because you can't do something naturally doesn't mean you can't do it--you just have to have creativity and determination. If necessary, you can seek the help of others. #principleoftheday

[Ray Dalio @RayDalio]

I constantly see people form wrong opinions and make bad decisions, even though they've made the same kinds of mistakes before--and even though they know that doing so is illogical and harmful. I used to think that they would avoid these pitfalls when they became aware of their blind spots, but typically that's not the case. Only very rarely do I hear someone recuse himself from offering an opinion because they aren't capable of forming a good one in a particular area. Don't bet on people to save themselves; proactively guardrail them or, better yet, put them in roles in which it's impossible for them to make the types of decisions they shouldn't make. #principleoftheday

[Dan Berlin @DanBerlin]

Life should be a game that you want to play 24x7.

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

Downplaying your achievements is not the antidote to appearing arrogant.

Humility is acknowledging your weaknesses, not denying your strengths. Generosity is elevating others, not diminishing yourself.

Owning your success doesn't make you a narcissist—it makes you a role model.

[Bandan (Productify) @bandanjot]

What is product-led mindset?

First of all,
1/ It has nothing to do with product management

[Dan Berlin @DanBerlin]

I think everyone needs to hear this: agile is not about the rules, it’s about the outcomes. End of discussion.

[Zach Ware @zachware]

Two types of people. Those who think replying to an email quickly makes them look weak and not busy.

And titans who have 1000 things going on who respond immediately, 100% of the time.

[Corey Quinn @QuinnyPig]

When git was announced as a decentralized way of managing source code, one of the first things that people with Business Problems To Solve did was to centralize it again on GitHub.

Surely this is a one-off with no larger lesson to teach us.

[Dan Berlin @DanBerlin]

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but being busy all the time means you are doing the least amount of meaningful work. 🤷‍♂️

[Allen Holub. https://linkedIn.com/in/allenholub @allenholub]

Agile is a psychologically safe, people-centric, learning culture where teams are trusted to work iteratively towards strategic goals using small experiments. (How’s that for a definition?).

[Dan Berlin @DanBerlin]

@andrewhuang I’ve personally been saving up videos for a rainy day. More outside time. Can’t wait to catch up!

[Dan Berlin @DanBerlin]

Of course I would typo git as gut.... 🙄

[Dan Berlin @DanBerlin]

I get SO much heat for holding this same opinion. What’s the deal? Gut-flow was designed for low trust environments (e.g. Open Source contributions from ANYONE)

[George Dinwiddie ([email protected]) @gdinwiddie]

This demonstrates how git-flow is the antithesis of continuous integration.

[Dan Berlin @DanBerlin]

Nooooo!!

[Downdetector @downdetector]

User reports indicate Youtube is having problems since 7:13 PM EST. https://t.co/XrCFHBn78f RT if you're also having problems #Youtubedown

[Felicia Day🇺🇸 @feliciaday]

We're all living in different realities. People who watch Fox News and live on FB are in one country, Twitter another. My timeline on here is as foreign from their reality as mine is theirs. How can this possibly be overcome? It seems hopeless TBH.

[Dan Berlin @DanBerlin]

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