Startups are built by generalists and scaled by specialists
Hey. I've stopped posting as frequently here because I'm doing most of my writing on Chasing Melody nowadays. Each week
How to Find Good Ideas
"...you go to Paul and come back with ten ideas that I had not thought. Some of them are really outlandish and terrible ideas and some of them are really good.”
Don't Fail Because You Moved Too Slowly
"Your OS will be obsolete before it’s finished. The Macintosh is the future of Apple, and you’re going to start on it now!”
On Making Better Career Decisions
The goal is not to look smart the whole way. Better to look dumb for a bit, but genius at some point, than look merely decent the whole way by taking the safe path.
Optimise for Novelty and Interestingness Instead of Objectives and Outcomes
Sometimes the best way to achieve something great is to stop trying to achieve a particular great thing.
Building the High-Agency Habit
How to develop the skill of coming up with ambitious goals and achieving them, whatever they are.
Agency in Action
"A key quality of exceptional entrepreneurs - like those you seek tirelessly - is to not take no for an answer."
You Probably Need to Show More Agency
"Arguably the most important personality trait you can foster"
Why I Write
"You can't lie to yourself when you write. You can either put the words on the page or you can't. And if you can't you'd better get back to reading and wrestling with the topic until you can."
The 96 Meter Rule
Why No Buildings in Budapest are Over 96 Metres Tall.
