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The Advice Paradox
Taking more advice leaves you less well-equipped.
Most advice sucks.
It's well-intentioned, but it's dangerous to use someone else's map of reality to navigate yours.
Winners learn to filter and selectively implement advice—take the signal, skip the noise.
These Paradoxes Will Cha...
@SahilBloom on Twitter
The first is expressed values: what you write on the walls. We don’t mean that you should literally write out your “values.” Many leaders and many companies set about doing this and wind up with a list of generic values such as integrity, innovation, or, God forbid, teamwork—which are about as meaningful as Muzak—and then wonder why the whole exercise doesn’t seem to have made much difference. Instead, apply some creativity to how you want to bring your meaning to life for your people. Don’t tell them what you value, show them. What do you actually want them to see and to bump into at work? Facebook’s Sun Microsystems logos, its love of posters, and the “Hacker Company” signage are all vivid examples of this.
Nine Lies About Work
Marcus Buckingham, Ashley Goodall
Be an Arms Dealer
In a market craze with low barriers to entry and tons of participants, don't pick winners.
Be an arms dealer instead.
Some examples:
1) Sell pickaxes in a gold rush.
2) Sell wine barrels instead of wine.
(Source: @wolfejosh)
My Favorite Business Fra...
@david_perell on Twitter
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