‘C Players’ get fired. ‘B Players’ overstay their welcome and generally drive down organizational productivity, especially if they are entitled and low performers. ‘A Players’ leave if you don’t remove the B and C players. Have you seen this pattern in your organization?

The golden rule of retaining A players: If you surround them with C players, they will be miserable. If you do not have the courage or willingness to fire the incompetent people, they will be miserable. And your A players will leave. Your entire organization will become a C

You lose great people when you fail to create an atmosphere that allows them to do their best work

Dear Son. Success isn’t reserved for the smartest, it’s for those who take bold actions. The key is moving fast, adapting, and outworking everyone around you. It’s not about waiting for perfect timing, it’s about creating momentum. Take risks, hustle hard, and learn as you go. That’s

If you are an "idea guy" and lean technical, this has to be the BEST time in history to be alive.. Era of abundance has truly begun 🪄

The 80/20 rule applies to SEO hiring too. After placing hundreds of SEOs, one thing is clear - the top 20% drive 80% of the results. News flash - it’s not about years of experience or big name clients. So what skills do the top 20% of SEOs have? • Problem solving over

Naval Ravikant (Naval) on how to build the team that ships:

Everyone needs to hear this:

There’s no amount of strategy or studying that replaces execution. You’ve got to get on the field, screw up, stay in long enough to figure it out and try again.

This hits Robert Greene

You can read every book, watch every video, and map out every move - but none of it matters if you don’t take action. You’ve got to jump in, get hit in the face, fall on your face, and keep showing up. Ideas don’t win. Execution does.

Introducing Eleven v3 (alpha) - the most expressive Text to Speech model ever. Supporting 70+ languages, multi-speaker dialogue, and audio tags such as [excited], [sighs], [laughing], and [whispers]. Now in public alpha and 80% off in June.

Introducing Eleven Music. The highest quality AI music model. - Complete control over genre, style, and structure - Multi-lingual, including English, Spanish, German, Japanese and more - Edit the sound and lyrics of individual sections or the whole song

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We’re hiring 2 world class creatives to shape the next iteration of the ElevenLabs marketing website: a Designer and a Design Engineer. You'll be working (on things like this) alongside myself, Brad Cornes and Roman Tesliuk. If this is you, or someone you know, DMs are open.

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Extraordinary success requires extraordinary sacrifice. As I hit year 25 in SEO and Growth, this hits home. In high school, I stayed up all night learning, slept in class, failed English twice, and did not walk at graduation. I was on my own at 17. Paid my own bills. Said no

"Why does our top performer get the worst reviews?" the boss asked. I was reviewing their annual performance data. "Show me," I said. She pulled up the ratings. Diana: 2.8 out of 5. Below average on "collaboration." Low marks for "team player." "What's her actual