Ever thought about joining a startup? It's often seen as a thrilling adventure, but it's not all sunshine and rainbows. After 10 years in Europe’s top startups like Freeletics and Personio, here's my take on the good, the bad, and the chaotic. A thread
Most people don't try to become the top 1% in any skill because they don't realize that the 99% is comprised of people who put 0% effort outside of anything they were told to do by their parents or society.
30-60 minutes a day for 6-12 months puts you ahead of almost everyone.
Write about your weaknesses.
Give yourself advice. Identify gaps in your thinking. Educate yourself on how to overcome them. Talk to yourself in public and let others benefit from your improvement.
Writing is how you gain awareness, authority, and clarity with one simple habit.
Imagine you're at a crossroads, forced to choose between two paths: one leading to certain success, the other to inevitable failure.
It’s a trap. A compelling scenario that’s rarely a reflection of reality.
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Much of the world is governed by a paradox: Deterministic Chaos
"Chaos isn't what it seems. Beneath the randomness lies an underlying order called deterministic chaos. It's a paradox—a system can be both predictable and unpredictable at the same time."
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Imagine leading a business project. The type of business model you choose will affect dozens of people’s decisions for months to come and has a lot more impact than a specific choice about pricing later down the road.
Leverage: The Art of High-Impact Choices
People often reject responsibility and act, as though the more they state how bad things are, the more likely it is that someone else will change them.
"Rather than starting with the resources, ideas, and time we have and thinking about what we want to do with them, it can be more effective to envision the end goal we want to achieve and then consider what steps would be required to make it a reality."
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