(1/5)Leveraging Decentralised Knowledge

Thought provoking @valkenburgh - 1945 Hayek critiqued central planning as a deterrent to economic efficiency. A single agent is only a small fraction of the sum total of knowledge held by all members of society.

(2/5)Leveraging Decentralised Knowledge

Google won by leveraging the decentralised social interactions of internet users, through the use of the Page Rank algorithm.
(3/5)Leveraging Decentralised Knowledge

Projects initially deploy on a small pool of knowledge. The project's capacity to accrue decentralized knowledge, arrive at & deploy the best conclusions enhance its ability to evolve & sustain.
(4/5)Leveraging Decentralised Knowledge

Ergo the more rigid and fixed a system is on its initial pool of knowledge and design, the more it hinders its ability to evolve. Think AltaVista vs Google.
(5/5)Leveraging Decentralised Knowledge

Successful projects know their limits and absorb the wisdom of the crowd. Unsuccessful projects fail to move beyond proximate wisdom and lean excessively on the "fractional knowledge" available to them.

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Starts the night before.

9 evening habits that make all the difference:

1. Write down tomorrow's 3:3:3 plan

• 3 hours on your most important project
• 3 shorter tasks
• 3 maintenance activities

Defining a "productive day" is crucial.

Or else you'll never be at peace (even with excellent output).

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2. End the workday with a shutdown ritual

Create a short shutdown ritual (hat-tip to Cal Newport). Close your laptop, plug in the charger, spend 2 minutes tidying your desk. Then say, "shutdown."

Separating your life and work is key.

3. Journal 1 beautiful life moment

Delicious tacos, presentation you crushed, a moment of inner peace. Write it down.

Gratitude programs a mindset of abundance.

4. Lay out clothes

Get exercise clothes ready for tomorrow. Upon waking up, jump rope for 2 mins. It will activate your mind + body.

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1/“What would need to be true for you to….X”

Why is this the most powerful question you can ask when attempting to reach an agreement with another human being or organization?

A thread, co-written by @deanmbrody:


2/ First, “X” could be lots of things. Examples: What would need to be true for you to

- “Feel it's in our best interest for me to be CMO"
- “Feel that we’re in a good place as a company”
- “Feel that we’re on the same page”
- “Feel that we both got what we wanted from this deal

3/ Normally, we aren’t that direct. Example from startup/VC land:

Founders leave VC meetings thinking that every VC will invest, but they rarely do.

Worse over, the founders don’t know what they need to do in order to be fundable.

4/ So why should you ask the magic Q?

To get clarity.

You want to know where you stand, and what it takes to get what you want in a way that also gets them what they want.

It also holds them (mentally) accountable once the thing they need becomes true.

5/ Staying in the context of soliciting investors, the question is “what would need to be true for you to want to invest (or partner with us on this journey, etc)?”

Multiple responses to this question are likely to deliver a positive result.