Self awareness makes a great individual contributor. Organizational awareness makes a great leader.

Preschooler: “I’m afraid to go up there” My son: “You’re not afraid. You’re brave!” How high could you climb, if you weren’t afraid of falling?

To know a man - in part - is to read the books he’s read.

“Who needs the acceptance of the serfs when you have the acceptance of the King?” Tim Keller

Mission first Money second

Sycamore fruit must be bruised to ripen. Perhaps the struggle we’re experiencing is meant to ripen us.

No amount of money ever bought a second of time.

If you’re new to a team: Listen twice as much as you speak. Ask twice as much as you opine.

One of the CSMs I coach got promoted three times in 15 months. When he wanted to leave and pivot to another industry, he had four competing offers in one month. Reasons: 1) Coachable 2) Hungry 3) Soft skills

There’s something about NYCers who smoke in these conditions that is especially rebellious. Felt like I smoked a pack today breathing through a mask

The will to win is indistinguishable from the will to learn.

Startup operators: Be careful. Not cheap.

“All men die. But not all men die complaining.” Aurelius

Law of diminishing returns: Got my son a new digital scratch pad. Ooos and aaahs. Writes his name once. His response: “I’m tired of this.”

Malone. The man who invented EBIDTA. CEO of TCI. “…focused on achieving scale with a unique combination of relentlessness and creativity.” I’ve underlined more lines in this book than in any in recent memory. “Outsiders” by William Thorndike

Responsible Capability Scaling is key to ensuring AI is developed safely, as capabilities of frontier systems advance unpredictably. We’re inviting AI developers & civil society to help us progress this concept ahead of our AI Safety Summit. Read more: gov.uk/government/spe… 1/3

The weakest argument is the appeal to authority. “I’m right because Boss says so.” Let the data speak. Let the market speak. Let the customers speak. Everything is a hypothesis until it’s been tested rigorously.

The best lesson to learn: you can do it. The hardest lesson to learn: you don’t have to.

Commercial teams need to give more feedback to researchers and modeling teams, so they train the model for what clients actually want.

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