sending a signal - meetings at andreesonhorowitz

2017-06-08

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~2 min read

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369 words

In his brilliant book on management and leadership, The Hard Thing About Hard Things, Ben Horowitz covered a lot of ground. Three years…

the hat tip

2017-05-23

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~2 min read

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323 words

The hat tip is ”a cultural expression of recognition, respect, gratitude.” It’s more modern incarnation takes that tradition and translated…

showing up and the daffodil principle

2017-05-19

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~6 min read

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1034 words

There are days when I don’t want to show up. Days when I wish I could just jump ahead to the part where I have accomplished my goal, won the…

you're doing it wrong

2017-05-17

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~2 min read

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278 words

Ryan Holiday recently weighed in on the phenomenon of ‘ultra hardcore readers’ - people who spent nearly every spare minute of their day…

the hidden cost of habit creep

2017-05-16

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~2 min read

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399 words

Habits are a way to automate certain decisions to make space for the bigger ones. They are not, however, a panacea - a lesson which became…

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