2019 Lessons Learned
1. Be careful giving unsolicited advice. While intentions may be good, it’s better to listen, empathize, and acknowledge
As I get older, I've learned that giving unsolicited advice never works. While intentions might be good, it's selfish. It's better to listen, empathize, acknowledge, anything else. Only give advice if asked. pic.twitter.com/hVWPIEfwqc
— Michael Karnjanaprakorn (@mikekarnj) January 27, 2019
2. The more you know, the harder it is to take decisive action
3. Active leisure (e.g. cooking, group activities, building something) is more fulfilling than passive leisure (e.g. watching tv, social media)
Source: Cal Newport's Digital Minimalism
4. As teams grow, it's important to assume the best intentions
Growing teams need to invest in trust as they scale. I sent this MoskovMemo to the @asana team this week, but the message is a universal one. pic.twitter.com/HeVM0MSfVO
— Dustin Moskovitz (@moskov) April 6, 2018
5. You become the average of the 5 people you spend the most time with (aka 5 Chimps Theory)
Source: Naval Ravikant on Tim Ferriss's podcast
6. We overestimate the long term effects of achievement on happiness and underestimate the long term effects of relationships and community on happiness (aka Arrival fallacy)
Source: Clayton Christensen's The Prosperity Paradox
7. Organizing to dos and notes by outcome oriented and time bound projects can do wonders to your productivity
Source: David Allen's Getting Things Done and Tiago Forte's PARA personal knowledge system
8. When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure (aka Goodhart's law)
Source: Sunsama's onboarding email
9. Grit = Passion (Interest, Practice) + Perseverance (Purpose, Hope)
Source: Angela Duckworth's Grit
10. Satisfaction = Perception – Expectations
Source: Some tweet I can't find, so I'm going to link to this article
11. Being high up on the "helpfulness pyramid" can do wonders to build trust and deepen professional (and personal) relationships
Source: This article
12. Turning "I have to..." into "I get to..." is a great mindset hack
Best mindset hack:Changing the perception of a responsibility, obligation, burden, duty, task, to-do— from “ I HAVE TO”...into the perception of privilege, good fortune, gratitude, opportunity, a chance, a benefit, a right, ability, access“I GET TO...
— Josh Wolfe (@wolfejosh) May 28, 2019