My Principles

100+ rules that I operate under and help to guide my life

Business
Process

Stress test your systems push them hard, see where they break, back off, fix them and then push them hard again

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Business
Process

Responsible vs involved. Always only one person responsible. Many people can be involved

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Business
HR/Culture

Hire people that buy into your vision. Money should be the secondary motivator at best

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Business
HR/Culture

Invest in great people that buy into your vision

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Business
HR/Culture

Force multiplication is the real value

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Business
Process

To grow people, give small responsibility with clear goals. Then increase responsibility if they seem like they enjoy it and produce results. Decrease responsibility if they seem stressed out

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Business
HR/Culture

It’s about mindshare not time. Whatever someone is thinking about when they go to bed and wake up is what they care about most

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Business
HR/Culture

Reward people that go to bed and wake up thinking about how to improve what we’re trying to build

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Business
HR/Culture

Ask people you think would never work for you to be part of the thing you’re creating

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Business
HR/Culture

Make sure you have Chiefs to own operational parts of the business. It’s very hard to scale with no Chiefs and all Indians

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Business
HR/Culture

Prideful people have a hard time asking for help. They will deflect and their frustration will manifest in other ways

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Business
HR/Culture

C level > VP > director > manager > executer

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