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I have hired >50 employee and interviewed hundreds more in the past few years. Here are 3 lessons I’ve learnt.

@johncutlefish Depends on what "great" means for the individual. But at least you know a cohesive culture when you see 1.

@shreyas So true! In fact, the smarter they are, the better they can talk themselves out of it too.

The smarter the person, the better the excuse.

@MindHealthMoney Most of entrepreneurship is realising that most impossible things are really just freaking hard.

It’s going to be hard, but hard does not mean impossible.

@EveryVowel @MrBeast @netflix @MrBeast nailed it absolutely. It's one of those ideas you know will almost certainly go viral with proper execution.

@JustAnotherPM At our company, we have a phrase for them "Firefighters, not fire-proofers"

Unpopular opinion: There are some PMs who are ok spending most of their time fighting fires

@aviralbhat Maybe horses, tigers are endangered.

Time we rename Unicorns and call them Tigers

@shreyas What happens when someone tops out? Create more layers?

Primarily by dangling promotion carrots for made-up job levels

Is it me, or does omnicron sound like one of the Decepticons?

@LayahHeilpern The scariest opponents are those with nothing to lose.

If you can afford to take risk, do it.

@benmoorefit Eat the frog first.

The key to winning the day is starting off with a producitve morning.

@robertgriker Wow that's amazing. Yea I read somewhere that as babies, our hands are an important medium through which we make sense of the world. Makes sense given that for most of our evolutionary history, the physical environment affects our chances of survival.

Spent some time measuring, cutting, drilling and screwing to build a shelf for my garage yesterday and will do some more today Feels great building things with your hands Highly recommend

@DanesaGlez Or rather, silence when nothing you say adds to the collective conversation.

Silence is a sign of emotional strength.

@WealthInc247 The ultimate liberation is realising there is no self.

Taking nothing personal is self-care.

@robertgriker Love this. We are naturally born this way, but we sometimes believe we have to typecast ourselves to stand out and fit in. I love the T-shaped framework when it comes to developing skills - develop a broad range of interests, but go deep on 1 competence.

Don’t be one-dimensional Nerds are smart but socially inept Meatheads are strong but intellectually weak These stereotypes are negative for a reason It’s not that being smart or strong are bad It’s when that’s your only good quality

@_Pammy_DS_ Ultimate flex. Most badass people I know are super low-key.

the real flex is staying low-key, prioritizing your peace and minding your own fucking business

The point is to start acting and learning. Kick up a bunch of dust and learn from the results. A lot of us are brought up to be great planners, which works great for structured problems, but when it comes to something big, ambiguous and uncertain, the only way to learn is to act.

3. Iterate This is where the rubber hits the road. Just go through the list and execute. If it's a list of VCs, do whatever you can to reach out. Same for candidates.

If you are a 1st-time founder, you will inevitably procrastinate on some "painful" and ambiguous problems. Here's a 3-step process to break through that barrier and achieve results.