Trevor McKendrick - Getting to know you

I hope you have an excellent week.

Trevor

“We overestimate our short-term ability, but underestimate our long-term ability." (article)

"We overestimate our short-term ability. We think we’re capable of doing far more in a short space of time. But the reality is, life is busy! We have so many commitments, and it’s inevitable that creative deadlines will get missed or scrapped entirely.

"But we underestimate our long-term ability. This is something I’ve really seen in just the last 6 weeks. Working out is something you can’t do a ton of all at once without severe physical repercussions — you have to pace yourself. But the effects quickly builds, and the changes are really noticeable."

Micro Pessimism, Marco Optimism (article)

“And my kind of outside view… is step one: to have a culture as good as Google is like number one – have the business model that’s the best business model in the world and as good as Google. It’s like, “Hi. It really becomes much easier to have a good culture when you have the world’s best business model.”

Patrick Collison says the most cutting things in the most innocuous ways.

The Rooms You Belong In (article)

This is out of context so it sounds like she’s writing about physical places, but she really means relationships, social contexts, etc:

“While there should be comfort in the places we come from, as we rise, you’ll have to navigate a very different relationship to them. You want to do big things? You’ll often have to think bigger than where you’re from, make decisions others wouldn’t and do things that people from your area “just don’t do.”

Garry Tan (tweet)

“Some people spend their entire life trying to blend in with the acceptable beta of a McKinsey Powerpoint deck, cover your bases

“But all the alpha is in being raw, direct, and truthful even when inconvenient, uncomfortable, and vulnerable”

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