Brandon Chatreau

Biz Dev at birth / Software by trade / Product by passion / Start up by choice

[Brandon Chatreau @kipsmithers]

@colepatkinson @LightspeedHQ 👀 Cole shoot me a DM! Always love to connect with product folks that have a passion for golf. Would be curious to get your feedback on a few things we are building on the Golf team @LightspeedHQ .

[Ryan Holiday @RyanHoliday]

Your potential, the absolute best you’re capable of—that’s the metric to measure yourself against. Your standards are. Winning is not enough. People can get lucky and win. People can be assholes and win. Anyone can win. But not everyone is the best possible version of themselves.

[Orange Book 🍊📖 @orangebook]

Intelligence is also about not wasting your time worrying about things that won’t matter in the long run.

[Orange Book 🍊📖 @orangebook]

You chose your current life ten years ago.

You are choosing your future life today.

[tobi lutke @tobi]

Welcome Deliverr!

https://t.co/kFJihaoFsY

[tobi lutke @tobi]

#EarthDay: everybody has a part to play in reversing climate change - here is what @shopify is doing

(for every RT of this tweet, we will plant one 🌲)

[Shreyas Doshi @shreyas]

Most “best practices” were created to improve the performance of average teams.

If you copy-paste these best practices when leading a top-notch team, don’t act surprised when your top-notch team starts performing like an average team.

[Jean-Michel Lemieux @jmwind]

7/ I prioritized autonomy over alignment.

It's a million times easier to measure and feel high autonomy than it is to measure high alignment.

[Ryan Holiday @RyanHoliday]

A Stoic focuses on what’s in their control and accepts what isn’t.

What’s in your control:
- what you do
- what you say
- what you think

What isn’t:
- what other people do
- what other people say
- what other people think

[Kyle Braatz @Braatzy]

As a founder you are learning at a rapid pace, often by making mistakes. Here is a simple lesson you don't have to learn on your own. Don't launch a rebrand on April fools. 6 years ago we did this...

[Brandon Chatreau @kipsmithers]

@kurtfunai @warren Just picked up the light phone II. I use it after 5pm and on weekends. Has been unbelievable for disconnecting and calm.

[George Mack @george__mack]

Josh Waitzkin might be the most INTERESTING person alive.

He doesn't have Twitter. And he barely uses the internet.

I've compiled my favorite 5 MENTAL MODELS of his below.

THREAD...

[Aaron Levie @levie]

90% of the world’s software complexity would go away if product managers had to go back to the drawing board anytime they think to themselves “I’m sure people can figure this out”.

[Kpaxs @Kpaxs]

A lack of gratitude and a lack of curiosity are two of the most dangerous gaps in life.

Fill them in and life changes for the better.

[Dr. Cameron Maximus🤴🏻 🥷🏻 🧙🏻‍♂️ 🤵‍♂️ @DrCamRx]

Want to be a CEO?

Prove you are the CEO of YOU first:

1) Sleep 7-9 hours/night
2) Strength train 3-6x/week
3) Eat to <25 BMI, <100 blood sugar
4) Focus to <1 hour of distraction/day
5) Bond with 1 partner + 3-6 true friends

Leading yourself is the foundation to leading others.

[Daily Stoic @dailystoic]

Ask yourself "Is this in my control?" Return to this question daily—in each and every trying situation. Journal and reflect on it constantly. If you can focus on making clear what parts of your day are within your control and what parts are not you will have a distinct advantage.

[Boris Wertz @bwertz]

“Decide what you stand for. And then stand for it all the time.” Clayton M. Christensen - RIP

[Naval @naval]

You’re offended when you fear that it might be true.

[Naval Ravikant Quotes @QuotesOfNaval]

"Don’t do things that you know are morally wrong. Not because someone is watching, but because you are. Self-esteem is just the reputation that you have with yourself. You’ll always know." - @naval

[Justin Kan @justinkan]

When you get out of your head & objectively analyze what your choices are, you realize many “choices” you are currently obsessed about aren’t really decisions to make at all: they are just things you have to do to accomplish your already decided-on goal

So don’t worry about them