SWLW #493: A future worth getting excited about, 103 bits of advice I wish I had known, and more

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This Week's Favorite

​​Elon Musk: A Future Worth Getting Excited About (Video)
66 minutes read.

Watch this interview with Elon Musk to get the inspiration you need to push just a little further. Very few people have such a huge vision and remarkable ability to execute it.

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Culture

Can't Stop Watching These Guys Who Run Around Tokyo Like They're in a Video Game
1 minute read.

My humble effort to help you start the weekend with a smile on your face, even in this difficult time.

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Four Steps to Organizational Change Without the Drama
10 minutes read.

As I’m sure you’ll deal with complicated communication in the next few weeks, given the market, follow Deiwin Sarjas’s tips on relevant frameworks (like STICC) to do so effectively: “I suggest that if you consistently follow this process, then you don’t have to worry about rumors. You’ll be surprised how seamless even the scariest changes can be if you follow these steps. It takes preparation and consideration to do well, but the results are worth it. You’ll be able to regularly adapt your organization to the changing environment and remain calm throughout.”

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An Entire Generation of Entrepreneurs & Tech Investors Built Their Entire Perspectives on Valuation During the Second Half of a 13-Year Amazing Bull Market Run. The "Unlearning" Process Could Be Painful, Surprising, & Unsettling to Many. I Anticipate Denial. Some Thoughts: (Thread)
4 minutes read.

Bill Gurley is stating something we all see, and it’s not clear where we’re heading (how much more the market can go down?) and for how long. The economics is changing and many companies will need to adjust to survive (first) and figure out ways to come out stronger from this.

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The Making of a Corporate Athlete
12 minutes read.

“Companies can’t afford to address their employees’ cognitive capacities while ignoring their physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being. On the playing field or in the boardroom, high performance depends as much on how people renew and recover energy as on how they expend it, on how they manage their lives as much as on how they manage their work. When people feel strong and re-silent—physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually—they perform better, with more passion, for longer. They win, their families win, and the corporations that employ them win.“ — Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz with one of my favorite posts this year. Old post, but more relevant than ever.

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Peopleware

103 Bits of Advice I Wish I Had Known
4 minutes read.

Kevin Kelly shares a lot of nuggets for his 70 birthday. These two are some of my favorites: "Your growth as a conscious being is measured by the number of uncomfortable conversations you are willing to have." and "Rather than steering your life to avoid surprises, aim directly for them."

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How to Champion Investments to Improve Documentation
5 minutes read.

Aaron Suggs covers the strategy and tactics you should consider (and adopt!) when improving your documentation habits and perception (of value). Worth sharing internally and discussing how you can level up your current approach.

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When Should You Over-Engineer a Project?
4 minutes read.

"I optimize for shipping a project as fast as possible when the goal is to learn. [...] Over-engineering is perfect for systems that are core to the business. These are old systems that are used by most customers and keep getting new features." -- I think this captures well when to iterate quickly and when to go deeper and build things that will last longer.

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And finally, inspiring tweets...

@javavvitch: Now with Microsoft on my interview list, I have finally collected all of the FAANG infinity stones.

@BrianNorgard: Happiness is having nowhere else to be.



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