Do the Thing You Don't Know How to Do - By T.B.D.
So why did I quickly shame myself and feel awful because I wasn’t already a master at business and writing? These were learned skills too. This revelation switched my entire attitude toward my work. My job was to stick with it and keep going . . . to use duct tape and chewing gum if necessary to keep my shoes together . . . to do whatever was neces
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What I Wish Someone Had Told Me
- Optimism, obsession, self-belief, raw horsepower and personal connections are how things get started.
- Cohesive teams, the right combination of calmness and urgency, and unreasonable commitment are how things get finished. Long-term orientation is in short supply; try not to worry about what people think in the short t
blog.samaltman.com • What I Wish Someone Had Told Me
Much as working with a piano teacher is not, fundamentally, about learning songs, but about using songs to push yourself; I now think of our projects, not as ends in themselves, but as means to help us improve the underlying process and ourselves. This helps put me in the right frame of mind. I want this essay to turn out well, of course. But the g... See more