Russ Laraway - bityl.co/Avma

Author: @TheyWinYouWin. Speaker. Advisor. Coach. Google, Twitter, Radical Candor, Qualtrics, Goodwater Capital. Wharton, USMC, SCAR. Go Birds LII ‧ LIX.

[Russ Laraway - bityl.co/Avma @ral1]

I wrote this book (https://t.co/Cvr49fflsI) because people deserve to be led well, and the overwhelming evidence is that managers are failing, despite the mountains of content aimed at helping them be better. Don't worry, gang, I brought receipts (they're in the book!)

[Russ Laraway - bityl.co/Avma @ral1]

This week in tech:

Billionaire founders who are disconnected from how work actually gets done are (yet again) racing to declare managers obsolete.

[Russ Laraway - bityl.co/Avma @ral1]

@A24 - the towel in the face. S2E3 Beef.

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[Russ Laraway - bityl.co/Avma @ral1]

Very good advice. Not sure about ALL of the reasons, but keeping interpersonal distance at work is IMO a best practice.

And if you're a manager, it's non negotiable. Do not bring your bullshit to your team. They do not want to hear it.

[Dear Self. @Dearme2_]

BREAKING NEWS: No matter how close you are with your coworkers, never discuss your personal matters at work. Neverrrrrrrrrrrr Everrrrrrrr.

HERE'S WHY...

[Russ Laraway - bityl.co/Avma @ral1]

@pick_six22 In any normal organization, it is very very difficult to have your next candidate ready before the old one is out.

The higher profile the position, the harder that is.

Not a reasonable standard in my view.

[Russ Laraway - bityl.co/Avma @ral1]

Absolutely cannot wait.

[Mike Sielski @MikeSielski]

"And if I can go that distance, you see, and that bell rings and I'm still standin', I'm gonna know for the first time in my life, see, that I weren't just another bum from the neighborhood."
Coming Nov. 10, 2026.

[Russ Laraway - bityl.co/Avma @ral1]

Think for yourself re: the new anti-tush push narrative.

[Montana Philly Fan @russlaraway]

When @DeanBlandino said "I'm done with the tush push. It's hard to officiate," it set off a barrage of mimics saying "ban it, it's too hard to officiate."

@NFLOfficiating & @eagles - here are the problems with that logic. 1/10

[Russ Laraway - bityl.co/Avma @ral1]

@duolingo I'm on Italian, have completed the course in full, and cannot find my Italian score.

Can you please help?

[Russ Laraway - bityl.co/Avma @ral1]

I worked at GOOG for 7 years & listened very carefully to Larry & Sergey about their vision for search.

Using Grok, it is clear to me that this product has become what L&S envisioned.

Remarkable the lead GOOG had and now they are very far behind.

[Russ Laraway - bityl.co/Avma @ral1]

@Super70sSports Mike Sielski "put respect in his name" (derp) in this book

https://t.co/bsrtME4fBj

[Russ Laraway - bityl.co/Avma @ral1]

@caroljsroth Something new and ridiculous every week

[Russ Laraway - bityl.co/Avma @ral1]

@duolingo

Yo, that mini friend quest nudge button is too bright and should be below the Continue button.

I have accidentally nudged those 5 or so poor people like 5 out of every 7 days. I don't ever want to nudge anyone, because I don't really care about this mini streaks.

[Russ Laraway - bityl.co/Avma @ral1]

I wrote a book called "When They Win, You Win" in which we studied the quantitative relationship between specific leadership behaviors and team outcomes & engagement.

I watched Nick Sirianni very closely this year through the lens of these behaviors. 👇👇

#FlyEaglesFly

[Russ Laraway - bityl.co/Avma @ral1]

@RGIII @Eagles @OuttaPocketRG3 @GGriffinIII I wrote a book in which we studied leadership behaviors that measurably & predictably lead to happier employees g better business outcomes.

Paying very close attention to Nick & the Eagles, he nails so many of the dozen or so behaviors we studied.

https://t.co/wORVOO6s8g

[Russ Laraway - bityl.co/Avma @ral1]

Because many senior leaders only trust that work is being done, if it's being done in a fishbowl.

Here's an article on a more rational approach.

https://t.co/W9F1GCyq84

[Dominique Clare @DomClare]

Why are some so against people working remote? If a job can be done remotely & that person can work autonomously then why not?

I get so much more done and am much happier overall when I work remote.

No distractions. No pointless meetings. No wasted time getting ready & driving

[Russ Laraway - bityl.co/Avma @ral1]

@DomClare https://t.co/W9F1GCyq84

[Russ Laraway - bityl.co/Avma @ral1]

@DomClare Whether a job should be done remotely needs to be evaluated at the job level, not the company level. Then use data to evaluate efficacy.
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Most senior leaders are low trust and need to see people working/imagine some sort of peer pressure of employees seeing each other.

[Russ Laraway - bityl.co/Avma @ral1]

@DomClare https://t.co/W9F1GCyq84

[Russ Laraway - bityl.co/Avma @ral1]

@tomwatson Having run and having operated in an actual command post, I support removing *all* non-operators. On this count, I'd actually say to Newsom, "how the hell did he get in there in the first place?"

Returning the StarLinks, though? Moronic political pettiness.

[Russ Laraway - bityl.co/Avma @ral1]

@elonmusk Difference between a chronic toxin and an acute toxin.

Cyanide and arsenic are acute toxins. It can be argued that sugar is a chronic toxin.

LoL you don't see an obesity epidemic outside a candy store.

[Russ Laraway - bityl.co/Avma @ral1]

@SelfMadeMastery The thing you need in life, that you should do everything you can to spend as little money on as possible, is your car.

Toyotas run forever. Sexy? No. Safe and reliable? Yes.

Toyotas when well cared for regularly run to 300K miles.

[Russ Laraway - bityl.co/Avma @ral1]

@SelfMadeMastery Hey there. 52 year old dad of 3 here. Give lots of personal finance advice to young adults.

Try to have no car payment. My very strong recommendation is to find a 10 year old Toyota with fewer than 100K miles and do your best not to take any loan/minimize the loan.