Things I Believe

Ship >> Discuss

• Shipping beats discussing everyday
• Prototypes over decks
• Action produces information
• Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good.
• 80% of results from 20% of effort. Finding that 20% is the challenge.

Trust Yourself

• Abundance mindset. Increase the pie for everyone and dont worry about the competition
• You can just do things
• Ability to stay focussed in uncertainty
• Believe in your instincts and intuition
• I will figure it out mentality
• Comparison is the thief of joy
• Be you. That's your competitive moat

Grit Over Talent

• Grit and discipline eats talent for breakfast
• There is no substitute for hard work

Influence Over Titles

• Leadership is influence not titles
• Leadership is earned not given/bestowed
• Leaders provide clarity
• Invest in and uplift people

Customer First

• Customer is king. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise
• There is no room for emotions in business
• Most business advice is bad advice

Communicate Well and Often

• Learn to write well. (yes, that is why i am writing this)
• Pen is mightier than a sword. or in todays world, keystrokes are mightier than a sword

Family First

• Family comes first
• Take care of them
• They are only ones who love you without a condition
• Remember thats the ultimate goal. its why you started

Own outcomes not tasks

• real word cares about outcomes not how much you worked for it
• create leverage: capital, media and code
• only work on high leverage outcomes
• create a system