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Today is my 30th birthday!
In my first 30 years of life, I've had two exits, worked at a startup now valued at $4B, gotten engaged, bought a house, created a TON of content, and built a great little following of readers and listeners.
Here are 30 lessons learned (thread) 🧵...
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User researcher's fallacy: "My job is to learn about users". Truth: "My job is to help my team learn about users". #ux
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When drafting a feedback survey, can you identify what action you’ll take based on each answer? If not, the question is wasting your respondents’ time.
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"We build our computer (systems) the way we build our cities: over time, without a plan, on top of ruins."
– Ellen Ullman
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Consistency is everything. Be a consistent worker, friend, writer, runner, thinker, or whatever else you want to play a positive role in your life.
Be consistent.
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👋 Drop the meme that best describes your writing process. 👇
Here’s ours (credit to @cemcostello: xitter.cf/cemcostello/status/105…
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"You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple."
— Steve Jobs
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An often-overlooked team skill is the ability to dissent & commit. Argue for your point of view, but once it’s clear a decision is made, do your best to make it successful. [Exception: I would never suggest committing to unethical decisions.]
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"The world wants you to be typical–in a thousand ways, it pulls at you. Don't let it happen."
— Jeff Bezos
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“Quien luche con monstruos, debe cuidar convertirse a su vez en monstruo. Pues cuando se mira largo tiempo al abismo, el abismo también mira dentro de ti.”
- Frederic Nietzsche
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—Papá, ¿puedes darme un ejemplo de palíndromo?
—Yo de todo te doy.
—Venga, pues dime uno.
—A ti no, bonita.
—Pero, ¿en qué quedamos?
—Yo hago yoga hoy.
—Mejor le pregunto a mamá.
—Ella te dará detalle.
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My therapist told me that if I had to perform "at my best" all the time, then it wouldn't be my best, it'd be my norm.
I need a moment to recover. 😂
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If you're recognize anything in this picture, you're in deep trouble. Get some help. Please.
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A game like “Papers Please” but instead of the ethical dilemma being who you let into the country, you’re a PM making product decisions for a new social network.
























