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Jamie Thompson retweeted
every successful person I’ve met has tunnel vision on precisely 1-2 goals at a time
Jamie Thompson retweeted
Not money, not time - but attention.
“The real currency of life is attention
What you choose to pay attention to
And what you do about it”
- @naval
THE REAL CURRENCY OF LIFE
OUT NOW
Jamie Thompson retweeted
Actual progress comes from hard-to-build technology.
Which comes from competitive, creative, free-market capitalism.
Which comes from one small, precarious area and then diffuses to the rest of the world.
Snuff that out, and it’s global stagnation for an extremely long time.
Jamie Thompson retweeted
Technical moats are mostly over at this point. If you’re building something that is meant to be durable, the only moats now are:
• Proprietary data
• Network effects
• A physical component
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"If the standard must constantly be explained, you are building with the wrong people." - Anthony Minaya
True, true, true.
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“The people that really solve the problem, they know exactly how they solved it, they know the little details. the people that pretended to solve the problem can maybe go one level then get stuck.”
— Elon Musk
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Legendary investor Sam Zell always talked about "leaving something on the table" in negotiations to keep a solid relationship, and also give the other side a win. Not squeezing every dime.
He would be the first person called when other deals came around...and built an empire.
Reading Rockefeller's biography
Interesting line last night:
"When it came to mergers, he didn't fight for the last dollar and tried to conclude matters cordially"
One of the most intense business people of all time understood still having a good relationship with folks on the other side of the table is mission critical
Because, once the deal is done, the real works starts. And you need the help of the other person on the other side of the table
This isn't a zero sum game in SMB M&A
Jamie Thompson retweeted
At a certain level, a lot of your most impactful work will be based on instinct.
I'll die on that hill.
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You don't become exceptional by avoiding chaos. You become exceptional by learning how to lead through it.
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Ages of Founding Fathers in 1776:
James Monroe, 18
Aaron Burr, 20
John Marshall, 20
Alexander Hamilton, 21
James Madison, 25
John Jay, 30
Thomas Jefferson, 33
Thomas Paine, 39
John Adams, 40
George Washington, 44
This nation was built by brilliant young men.
Jamie Thompson retweeted
The United States is 3 human lifetimes old.
That’s it. In those short years we invented the light bulb, the telephone, the airplane, the transistor and the internet. We turned a few wooded colonies into the most powerful nation in the history of the world.
Jamie Thompson retweeted
Such a cool thought this morning by physicist Alan Lightman:
"Being alive at all is the most extraordinary stroke of good luck any of us will ever experience."
It is your responsibility to not waste this miracle.