4x founder with exits to Adobe and PE. I study and share the science behind human and team performance.
Joined July 2008
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If you're an outlier, high in compassion, creativity, abstract thinking, courage, or standard of quality, you will feel rejected, unloved, and misunderstood.
There is no significant history of people like this having easy lives.
Keep going anyhow.
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Grok should keep track of who is correct most often, and also who says the most readily-idiotic things.
@nikitabier @elonmusk I’d pay $250 a month for that feed.
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Logical thinking.
Everyone has AI now.
That advantage expired fast.
What's the new advantage?
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Bootstrapped founders help their customers more than VC founders do. Probably north of 99% of the time.
That’s a pretty solid edit to “no-one”.
This is a fair point overall, but the caveat on the last sentence is a big one.
Jun 13
PSA: no one cares about bootstrapped founders.
That’s because bootstrapped founders help no-one but themselves.
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Hint: if you’re a VC backed founder, there’s a golden ticket in this nugget of truth.
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Logic is impossible for someone who believes they already have the answer.
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Winning is not the objective. It is just the compass.
The proofs:
If you win today, are you done? Or will you be back at it again tomorrow?
If you win today, is it possible to win more or better tomorrow?
The objective is to be the best navigators possible.
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"No matter how outcome-oriented you wish to be..."
The better you can finish this sentence, the more intelligent you are.
Jun 13
In product work, great outcomes emerge from great inputs first - and everything else follows downstream of that. No matter how outcome-oriented you wish to be, you must seek out excellence, end-to-end, starting with inputs.
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Coming up in an hour!
Want to be better at pushing your team to do better work?
Jun 8
This Friday's session is a huge one if you are a kind person but want to push your team to do their best work ever:
luma.com/1oqy8p3h
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Jun 9
One of the best ways to be a good human and a winning human at the same time is learning how to motivate people the best way.
Yes, there is a best way. Objectively. Neuroscience and human biology are the proof.
Come learn the fundamentals on Friday.
Jun 8
This Friday's session is a huge one if you are a kind person but want to push your team to do their best work ever:
luma.com/1oqy8p3h
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Evan LaPointe retweeted
Jun 9
Please consider this from Evan.
From following Evan's writings over time, one of the best things he will help you learn is to differentiate between logical thinking and empirical thinking, and how the former can really elevate you in your leadership and product thinking.
Jun 9
It’s very encouraging how interested people are in a course about logical thinking. Sometimes it feels like the opposite would be true.
So here’s an offer:
I have filled up my feedback slots, but I’d love to keep hearing from people about why you’re interested in a logical thinking course and exactly what you’d like to get out of it. Every thoughtful answer will get 25% off the course. Every great answer will get 50% off. And every answer will ensure the course includes more of exactly what you’re looking for.
DMs qualify, not replies here. Please RT if you feel your audience is interested in more logical thinking.
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Evan LaPointe retweeted
Jun 9
Logical Thinking is the only discipline worth studying right now. Good timing. Count me in
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Jun 9
It’s very encouraging how interested people are in a course about logical thinking. Sometimes it feels like the opposite would be true.
So here’s an offer:
I have filled up my feedback slots, but I’d love to keep hearing from people about why you’re interested in a logical thinking course and exactly what you’d like to get out of it. Every thoughtful answer will get 25% off the course. Every great answer will get 50% off. And every answer will ensure the course includes more of exactly what you’re looking for.
DMs qualify, not replies here. Please RT if you feel your audience is interested in more logical thinking.
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Jun 8
Definition of "good humans":
- Wants to make a positive impact on others
- Dedicated to their craft and a high set of standards
- Curious, truth-seeking, a learner
- Self aware, or trying to be
That doesn't mean the rest of humans aren't good. They're just normal.
Jun 8
My mission in life: help good humans win.
I'm good at it :)
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I fundamentally believe that these humans winning is a tide that lifts all ships.
The more of them that are in leadership roles, managing, and doing the work, the better off we will all be.
Don't you want people like this working everywhere you're a customer?
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My mission in life: help good humans win.
I'm good at it :)
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I am looking for a few test subjects to give me feedback on my upcoming Maven course on Logical Thinking (details at the link below).
You'd get the content and course for free in exchange for sharing your feedback. Please DM me if interested, and explain why you're interested in the course as a first step.
maven.com/evan-lapointe/logi…
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Jun 8
This Friday's session is a huge one if you are a kind person but want to push your team to do their best work ever:
luma.com/1oqy8p3h
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Don't ever review anything as if it is a final draft. It's a colossal waste of time and rubs everyone the wrong way.
Final drafts emerge on their own.
Amazing how much better a culture gets once this mental shift occurs.
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