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7 Mar, 9 tweets, 2 min read
Compact definitions of important stuff:

Joy = Pleasure in the present moment

Happiness = Reality meets expectations

Success = Time optionality

Presence = Immersed observation

Tranquility = Lack of resistance

Wisdom = Discerning what truly matters
It took me 10 years of introspection & study to understand the essence of this stuff. I still struggle with each of these, but the struggle with Tranquility is the greatest.

A few related references 👇🏾
On success
On the origin of wisdom
A few notes on success, happiness, wisdom
A few more succinct notes
On being careful with proxies
A few reminders for tranquility, presence, success, and happiness
If one is presently happy, one must remember that there is no such thing as ”happier”. Trying to get happier from that point usually has the opposite effect. Instead, one ought to work to maintain the happiness, which is substantial work in and of itself.

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3 Mar
3 quick tips for product discovery:
1/ Ambiguity

You have to be willing to swim in the seas of ambiguity before you can reach the wonderful sunny island of product clarity.

The urge to eliminate ambiguity is often useful, but it allows a number of cognitive biases to cloud your judgment early on in discovery.
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If you optimize for *showing* daily progress during discovery, be prepared for *slowing* actual progress towards discovery.

When you optimize for showing progress over discovery itself, you are forced to convey structure, clarity, certainty that is nonexistent.
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28 Feb
🗓️Recap of Feb 2021 content

Includes:
- On listening
- On finding mentors
- Too busy for strategy
- On measuring everything
- Why product mgmt is hard
- Will it make the boat go faster?
- Feelings in business
- Simple questions
- Tech interviews
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& much more…

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27 Feb
At the 2000 Sydney Olympics, the British rowing team unexpectedly won the Men’s Eight Rowing gold medal.

One simple question was instrumental in their success.

“Will it make the boat go faster?”

This question could also be vital for your early-stage team & company.

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Ben Hunt Davis, who was on that British team, shared that they achieved their amazing (and unlikely) feat by using this question throughout their training for the Olympics.

Before doing pretty much anything, they’d ask themselves & each other:

“Will it make the boat go faster?“
“Should I do this workout for 70 mins?”
Will it make the boat go faster?

“Should we go to the pub tonight?”
Will it make the boat go faster?

“Should we change this routine?”
Will it make the boat go faster?

“Should we have eggs for breakfast?”
Will it make the boat go faster?
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20 Feb
Even more nuggets of wisdom from the writing of @deewhock (the founder of Visa)

Consider reading slowly, saving, and re-reading later

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It is wiser to place trust in those with the will to do no evil than those with the will to do good.

- Dee Hock
2/
Most troubles in life are attributable to two causes: first, not getting what we want, and second, getting what we want.

- Dee Hock
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18 Feb
My answer (with more thoughts on job changes) is in the quoted tweet👇🏾
Part 2:
Part 3
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14 Feb
Why product management is hard

(and why good product management matters)

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1/
Sometimes, you should imitate competitors.

Other times, watch them closely.

And sometimes, largely ignore them.
2/
Sometimes, you should build what users say they want.

Other times, you shouldn’t.
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