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Leave it to @JerrySeinfeld to perfectly explain the absurdity. “We’re smart enough to invent AI, dumb enough to need it, and so stupid, we can’t figure out if we did the right thing or not.”
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Snowflake CEO Frank Slootman telling the hard truths.
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"The strategy required to find a great opportunity (lots of saying yes and exploring widely) is different from the strategy required to make the most of a great opportunity (lots of saying no and remaining focused)." -@JamesClear
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It is far more lucrative and fun to leverage your strengths instead of attempting to fix all the chinks in your armor. The choice is between multiplication of results using strengths or incremental improvement fixing weaknesses that will, at best, become mediocre. Focus on better use of your best weapons instead of constant repair.
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It is far more lucrative and fun to leverage your strengths instead of attempting to fix all the chinks in your armor. The choice is between multiplication of results using strengths or incremental improvement fixing weaknesses that will, at best, become mediocre. Focus on better use of your best weapons instead of constant repair.
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Urgency matters.
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I’m 33. When I was young, I wasted years drinking, smoking, and being a degenerate. Then I discovered Naval Ravikant and he changed my life forever. Here are 20 teachings from the wisest person of this century (that will change your life forever):
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“It can be difficult to appreciate how much avoiding the standard ways of failing dramatically increases the odds of success.” - @shaneparrish . Maybe quoting Munger?? Regardless, very true...
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If you don't write code and want to build a startup, read this:
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Don’t sounds old. “That’s a bunch of malarkey.”
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Live blog: 1. Oh boy… Biden doesn’t sound very good. Actually sounds like he’s under the weather — and not all there. 2. Trump is rambling, as usual, but even with that, he sounds a lot more coherent Your take so far?
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"“Send email to X” is stronger than “Send reply to Y” — the best work does not happen in reaction to what others do" - @andrewchen 💯
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I’ve been a serial entrepreneur and angel investor for over 20 years. @noahkagan’s book Million Dollar Weekend, is a great starting place for an entrepreneur. And there’s some awesome stuff for even the most experienced entrepreneurs as well!
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This is a reminder: Reach out to someone today and check in on them. Every single person is fighting a battle you know nothing about. Some of the darkest moments of my life were when things appeared perfect on the surface. Saying “I’m with you” is more powerful than you know.
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Replying to @noahkagan
5) Hire CEOs for Projects Years ago - my friend Hiten Shah said, “Real CEOs don’t do work.” It took me a decade to understand that. What he meant was to find the people who help execute that work. So I hire “CEOs” to run the operations of each important project:
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Definitely agree. It's absurd that this is even on the table, and even more absurd that large institutions are backing it. The amount of value he created when everyone thought he was nuts & then delivered is incredible. Don't f*cking claw it back when he hits a hole-in-one.
A politically motivated judge invalidated a private deal ex-post facto. I bought Tesla stock and am voting for Elon’s pay package. If it’s rejected, I’ll sell. If it’s approved, I’ll buy more.
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When did @ScottAdamsSays go off the deep end? I love his books & comics. That doesn't change. But man, how can someone so smart & logical, act so ignorant & illogical?
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I must say @FedEx has the worst #customerservice (#CustomerServiceFail) I have ever experienced. Tried for 15 minutes to speak to a human being, then another 15 minutes online chatting with bots, searching for email addresses, etc.
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