Elise Liu

poet, storyteller, pragmatist, internet safety nerd. she/her. formerly product @Clubhouse, @Facebook, @HumanInterest. fellow at @integrity_inst. hopeful.

[Elise Liu @eliseliu]

My top advice after 10+ yrs in product: prepare to fail
1/ In how you design product,
2/ In how you think abt strategy,
3/ In how you incentivize your team,
4/ In how you design your life.

Success feels like a lot of things going slightly wrong along the way. Stay resilient.

[Elise Liu @eliseliu]

Why your CEO is out of touch (and how you can help and/or survive)

[Elise Liu @eliseliu]

"1. A slice in space that marks our time is a desire path.
2. The aimless feet driving grass back to ground: desire path.
3. You can tell college dorms with the most inter-residential romances by their desire path..."

[Elise Liu @eliseliu]

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[Elise Liu @eliseliu]

A few thoughts on the edges of reason:
1/ Why it is impossible to quantify pain, joy, and the value of human life;
2/ The phenomenon of platitudes - advice that seems useless til you follow it;
3/ How pataphysical arguments that break their frames resolve cynical discordances

[Elise Liu @eliseliu]

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[Elise Liu @eliseliu]

I read some stats on how many CEOs are narcissists and the article about the Sheriff in Mississippi, felt cynical, and wrote some disjointed thoughts on catch-22s, zen koans, and public ethics. It might be too spicy to summarize. #ship30for30

[Elise Liu @eliseliu]

I've been thinking on work, and how to balance hedonic (present-focused) and eudaemonic (future-focused) pleasure.

AFAICT, both are traps, there is no solution, and the problem does not reduce to a single answer on how to live. 🤷🏻‍♀️ Feel free to prove me wrong!

[Elise Liu @eliseliu]

@casey_dai this is super interesting. i'd love to learn more about what makes up success at the first and last 10%

[Elise Liu @eliseliu]

@harsh_bud I love these habits. I want them to be a twitter thread so I can engage with specific ones. Wandering in nature is absolutely the most grounding thing.

[Elise Liu @eliseliu]

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[Elise Liu @eliseliu]

Why you shouldn't #grind in your work:

1/ Attachment to hard work = ignoring useful shortcuts
2/ Discomfort is a sign of redirection. Success feels easy
3/ Grinding makes you kind of suck

#productmanagement #product #hustle

[Elise Liu @eliseliu]

@casey_dai I'm very interested in the "meta-skills" point. What metaskills and why?

[Elise Liu @eliseliu]

@VirginiaALee @dairyidfa @NatlToday such cool facts i didn't know i needed to know. 😂what do you forecast about nondairy ice cream trends? as a lactose intolerant i've been delighted to see so many of them pop up the last few years

[Elise Liu @eliseliu]

@JasonMHicks i like the terms "the reactionary temptation" and "the totalitarian temptation" - did you come up with them? would be curious to hear more on those ideas

[Elise Liu @eliseliu]

@courageouslyaj love the concept of advice emphasizing "relevant context" for people instead of telling them an exact number. walking ppl through your work = teaching them how to think

[Elise Liu @eliseliu]

@klopmp This is great - i've been meaning to tinker with chatbots. Which no-code tools do you suggest?

[Elise Liu @eliseliu]

@klopmp thank you Kenneth! I love the idea of a "safe floor" - beautiful term

[Elise Liu @eliseliu]

My top advice after 10+ yrs in product: prepare to fail
1/ In how you design product,
2/ In how you think abt strategy,
3/ In how you incentivize your team,
4/ In how you design your life.

Success feels like a lot of things going slightly wrong along the way. Stay resilient.

[Elise Liu @eliseliu]

@courageouslyaj thank you. i think i had a very typical POV coming out of of school - that I should focus on figuring out "the right thing to do" and then do it --that there was "a right answer." it's taken time to unlearn that.

[Elise Liu @eliseliu]

@lkostova thank you!

[Elise Liu @eliseliu]

@JasonMHicks thanks for the feedback Jason! fascinating to see emojis become modern pictographic language even in business writing