Simple way to get shit done at startups…
1. Just make a decision
2. Understand failing is how you learn
3. Let the market give you feedback
4. Rapidly iterate to improve decision
5. Repeat steps above daily
Speed of execution should be your company’s top competitive advantage.
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Lie: You have to wait for luck to strike.
If you want to get lucky, start increasing your luck surface area.
It’s hard to get lucky watching TV at home.
It’s easy to get lucky when you’re engaging and learning—physically or digitally.
Put yourself in a position to get lucky.
Lie: Your friends will always be there for you.
Most of your friends aren’t really your friends.
They’re just along for the ride when it’s fun or valuable—they'll disappear when it's not.
Your real friends are there when you have nothing to offer in return.
Cherish them.
Pitfall #3: Idea Attachment
Don't get attached to your ideas...
Most won't work anyway.
It can be tempting to root for certain ideas and then stick with them for too long when you should cut and run.
Especially if you've had to justify doing it.
Watch yourself.
Pitfall #2: Perfectionism
Perfectionism is the enemy of execution.
Very few things need to be perfect.
A sign of good judgment is knowing what those few things are.
If you can spend 20% of the time and get 80% of the information, do that.
Get To Work, Urgently
Launch as many top ideas as you can.
Do each just well enough to tell if they have promise.
Most things don't need to be done perfectly to gauge their potential.
If something shows promise, dial up your focus and effort on it.
18) Define outcomes and let your team figure it out
Smart people hate being told what to do.
Tell them where the company has to get to by when and let them find the way.
Course correct along the way...
5) Put your best people on the biggest opportunities, not the biggest problems
Your best people want to move mountains for you.
Let them.
Great contributors are attracted to opportunity, not fixing someone else's mistakes.
2) Sell your story, not your product
Your company isn’t a product, it’s a story.
Great stories attract great employees and great customers.
Sell your story.
1) The obstacle is the way
Every hard problem you solve is a moat that others will shrink from.
Most people don’t have the stamina for hard work.
Challenges completed are insurance policies against competition.
4 years ago, I started learning English from scratch.
Today, I write, read and speak it daily.
Here are 7 key lessons about mastering a new skill, quickly.