values

Increasingly I’ve come to recognize that messy thought serves not only as preparation for neat thought, but has learning value unto itself for me, and neat thought processes—while satisfying—are not always a prerequisite for proper understanding.

When investors are looking to make bets on companies, they look for product-market fit. I think we can and should use that same framework to make bets on talent. That same magical spark that ignites when a company finds their perfect place in the market happens when a person finds the right problem to work on. Let’s call it person-problem fit.

"Be regular and orderly in your life so that you may be violent and original in your work." - Gustave Flaubert

It's like, ‘What genre do I want my internal monologue to be in?’ and most of us are default-choosing ‘enraged op-ed.’”