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People also think moat is static, whereas it’s a dynamic continuuu
It’s also a kinetic mechanism as in when you build it, strengthen it and diversify it, it creates more surface of counter-attacks (action-reaction duetto)
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if you're feeling insecure because you're receiving fewer of these kinds of emails, there are two problems with that:
1. you don't have a team that either solves the right problem before it gets to you or has the autonomy and responsibility to know how to escalate what only you can decide on.
2. when it happens, that's a reflection of your leadership in terms of how you're building a team that could grow without you being the bottleneck.
Something they don't teach you at exec school is that the constant barrage of slack and email is a major pillar of what makes you feel important. The first 4 weeks that you don't have them feels awesome. But there is a point where *not* waking up to a bunch of "HI WE REALLY NEED YOU TO CONFIRM WHETHER..." emails actually stops feeling so great.
I don't think that this is a nice thing about human nature, and I wish that I and many others were not like this. I think it explains many terrible behaviors and patterns in work and life. The people who do not feel this way tend to be happier people, ime.
But with that said, I've confirmed this pattern across multiple conversations with multiple senior execs and I think it's the norm not the exception.
A year is long enough to change everything, but short enough to slip through your fingers if you're not careful.
nobody wakes up and decides to become a traitor, a cheater, or a criminal out of nowhere. it happens through a slow, blind psychological trap:
it starts with a tiny compromise that feels completely harmless: a free meal, a supportive late-night text, or a bit of harmless work gossip shared with an outsider. because the step is so small, your brain does not register it as a moral decision at all; it just feels like being friendly, building a network, or finding comfort.
in the moment, immediate desires like loneliness, greed, ego, or stress overpower your abstract moral principles. right afterward, your mind rushes to protect your self-image, convincing you that it was no big deal, that you deserved it, or that nobody got hurt.
with that first step justified, your baseline shifts. the next compromise feels just as minor compared to what you did yesterday. one rationalization at a time, the forbidden becomes the routine, until you wake up one day fully compromised, still believing you are basically a good person who never meant for any of this to happen.
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More than the practices and advice shared below, Nick is showing what vulnerability and a learn-it-all not afraid of looking stupid and making mistakes leadership look like
one reason behind the rise in routine adoption is that in a very unpredictable environment like ours today, they provide structure, predictability, and a sense of safety. that is very much missing when you see the pace of change surrounding us right now
when you practice discipline and you have discipline, you don't need to feel a certain way to show up and get things done. you just do it
i believe it's much better to do very few things very well and give them your full attention, energy, and care than to dilute yourself and spread yourself really thin across a lot of things with average energy, average results, average attention, and average care