Tag: empowerment

Silence is not weakness

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A problem needs a solution.

A hunch needs clarity.

An idea needs execution.

An opinion needs an audience.

The point is, you can’t treat them all in the same way. If you share a hunch with an audience, most people will find it pointless and fail to understand. If you try to execute on a opinion, most of the times you’ll end up going alone. If you give your audience a problem, they will look at you for a solution.

If you are unsure what you are about to express, it’s ok to take some time to think it through.

Silence is not a sign of weakness.

Founder bias

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There might be many wrong aspects in these emails (and some good too), but the key thing here is that they reflect a bias – or a series of bias – that many founders fall for.

It’s the idea that just because they do work (successfully in this case, but that is not necessary) in a certain way, then everybody else is supposed to do that too.

It’s the idea that by doing more of the same they will automatically scale the results.

It’s the idea that in order for their employees to show they care, they need to conform and comply.

This is typically building an enormous blind spot for founders and their companies. And that’s very dangerous in the long term.

Drifting

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For any recipe you have found that has worked, there are at least other ten that go in the exact opposite direction. And still work.

That’s why it is so important to find a way that matches who you are and what you stand for. A way you are absolutely and completely comfortable with. A way you would use even if no one would be watching.

In any other cases, you are just drifting.

One per day

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Aim at finishing the week (on Fridays) setting a clear list of priorities for the following week.

I do one key item per weekday, one thing only that I absolutely want to get done. Then I add a few reminders or secondary tasks (e.g., call this, email that, talk to them, send newsletter, etc.).

The few times I fail to do this, my weekend is not as relaxing as when I do it. And my weeks are not as productive.

Eventually

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That moment you spend doing something that someone else wants you to do, and that you absolutely hate. That moment when you despise yourself, blame the other, feel like there’s no point, find faults in everything. That same moment you get angry, furious, mad, and then sad, depressed, disillusioned.

It’s just not worth it, isn’t it?

And to be clear, that does not mean “follow your passion and do what you like“.

It means find what you like and be brave enough to stick with it.

No matter what others want or say.

They too will thank you, eventually.