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If you want to be rewarded, you have to be irreplaceable.
If you want to be irreplaceable, you have to be unique.
If you want to be unique, you have to be authentic.
If you want to be authentic, stop listening to everyone and everything else.
It’s drowning “you” out.
Tweets From Naval
@naval on Twitter
I look for something you've done, either in a job or (often better yet) outside of a job.
The business you started and ran in high school.
The nonprofit you started and ran in college.
If you're a programmer: the open source project to which you've made major contributions.
Something.
If you can't find anything -- if a candidate has just followed the rules their whole lives, showed up for the right classes and the right tests and the right career opportunities without achieving something distinct and notable, relative to their starting point -- then they probably aren't driven.
How to Hire the Best People You've Ever Worked With
web.archive.org
Convincing leaders not only to build truly cross-functional teams but to make them fully dedicated is one of the most significant challenges I typically face when I work with companies of any size.
The Startup Way
Eric Ries
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