This is where I share 3 things every week with my friends and anyone else interested. — A picture from my life: I went to eat at a Chinese restaurant and saw that Hungry Panda (Doordash for Overseas Chinese) gave them branded black leather check presenters just like how the credit card companies did back in the day to get restaurants to accept them. Nice!
> "And here’s the harsh reality for everyone who loves a dreamer. Everything comes second to the dream."
I cannot disagree more with this statement. We are all multi-dimensional humans, not automatons optimizing for a single goal. He does sound like an asshole.
After reading Matilde Collin's "zone of genius" article and reflecting on my own experience, I think it's a more specific skill / activity. For example, I had always assumed that my specialty was product. However, we recently hired a Head of Product and after seeing how he's mobilizing the PMs, gathering feedback, and developing a well-researched and specific strategy, I realized that I was actually not great at product, mainly b/c I'm not super detailed oriented in that way.
I think my actual 'zone of genius' is writing and evangelism so I'm focused more on that now (hence the newsletter).
Caveat: this might be more applicable after finding product market fit and you can afford to outsource functions.
> "And here’s the harsh reality for everyone who loves a dreamer. Everything comes second to the dream."
I cannot disagree more with this statement. We are all multi-dimensional humans, not automatons optimizing for a single goal. He does sound like an asshole.
After reading Matilde Collin's "zone of genius" article and reflecting on my own experience, I think it's a more specific skill / activity. For example, I had always assumed that my specialty was product. However, we recently hired a Head of Product and after seeing how he's mobilizing the PMs, gathering feedback, and developing a well-researched and specific strategy, I realized that I was actually not great at product, mainly b/c I'm not super detailed oriented in that way.
I think my actual 'zone of genius' is writing and evangelism so I'm focused more on that now (hence the newsletter).
Caveat: this might be more applicable after finding product market fit and you can afford to outsource functions.