Tag: Work
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Team Players Play a Long Game
Every job has some “dirty work” – the tasks that are much less enjoyable than others. If that’s not the case it just means that the job has no real diversity of tasks. One of the hardest things as a …
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Decomposing Value
!NERD ALERT! Delivering Value Good companies look at value as the main currency by which to evaluate employees. This is true for hiring, promoting, and termination. It is universal enough to allow me to give generic advice to people looking …
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“What Am I Missing?”
This is a phrase I often use when someone describes a decision or conclusion I don’t agree with. It allows me to set the tone I’m looking for to go forward. This could be a conversation with a peer, with …
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Respect is More Important Than Love
This is a takeaway from the podcast “How I build this” interviewing Max Levchin (Paypal, Affirm, ..). He says that after Paypal, he was looking to create a nicer, more loving, culture in the workplace. One thing he realized is …
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Replace Your Question With a Proposal
Whenever you find yourself coming to your manager with a question, stop for a moment and try to replace it with a proposal for her to review. “What should I do with x?” → “Regarding x, I’m thinking on..” “What …
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Physical Therapy for the Mind
Turning 30 One of the hardest things about finishing the third decade of your life is your body’s physical recovery. The thing I could get away with at 25, has a way higher tax today. Dancing for 6 hours straight …
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Maximize the Sum vs the Average of Value
For the longest time, I did not understand the term “perfectionist”. People use it as a negative personality trait although, when looking at the definition, it strikes me as a desired professional characteristic. And It doesn’t help that listing it …