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Jun 27 • 3 tweets • 1 min read • Read on X
Buried in 10 years of Jensen Huang's Stanford talks are the secrets to building the most valuable tech company in the world.

I dug through hours of talks and mapped out how the 30 year veteran CEO of NVIDIA thinks about inventing the future. Image
If you liked the Jensen mindmap, you'll probably appreciate my newsletter as well 👇

Shoutout to @HerbertLui for helping me believe in myself with these mind maps!

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Feb 25
How to Do Great Work by @paulg

The average PG essay contains condensed wisdom packed into 500-1500 words.

So when he dropped this 10k word essay in the summer of 2023 on how ambitious people could do great work, it was—as they say—Christmas in July.

The essay reminds me of Hamming's "You and Your Research" but written for technologists in the 21st century.

Here's my mindmap of the essay but of course go read the whole thing for yourself (link in following comment)

My biggest takeaway was the importance of following your curiosity and pursuing projects you find personally meaningful.

In some ways I've been inclined towards that approach my whole career.

Yet I didn't always have the confidence to double down on my curiosity when others doubted.

And as I transition from Youth to Age, I need to truly internalize this wisdom.Image
@paulg Here's the essay itself: paulgraham.com/greatwork.html
I made the map as part of my latest newsletter. If you like this kind of stuff, you can get more of it here:

jasonshen.com/190/
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Jul 19, 2023
It's easy to complain about the state of things.

It's hard to lead people towards a better world.
There are a lot of young people who want the world to be a better place.

They invest a lot of time talking about the problems of the world: climate, marginalization of underprivileged groups, the way we value productivity over humanity.

That's all expected and good!
But at the same time, I observe those young people act as if they have no agency in the world.

They are passive about making changes in their own life and expect authority figures to make it better for them.
Read 8 tweets
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Jan 26, 2023
As an exec coach and @interintellect_ host, I've helped more than dozen founders and tech/creative professionals tell their personal story.

Here are 4 common mistakes I see people making 🧵
1) Not being clear enough about the challenges you faced.

I'm a firm believer that every hero needs a (metaphorical) adversary to be truly heroic.

If people don't understand what was daunting or hard about your journey, they can't appreciate your achievements in the end.
2) Not being clear about the choices you made

Your story isn't just a series of events; it's about your intentional effort to achieve your goals.

Show us what decisions you made, what actions you took and the good and bad consequences of those decisions.
Read 6 tweets
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Jan 17, 2023
Storytelling is a crucial skill for founders, PM's, and job hunters—and few do it better than @Netflix.

This incredible gem by their director of creative investment is a gold mine of insights that tech professionals can apply to their world.

Here are my top 5 takeaways 🧵
1. CHARACTERS >> Plot

Netflix wants shows that are character-driven b/c "viewers develop relationships with characters not plot."

Without interesting & relatable characters w/ clear goals & emotional stakes, the plot doesn't matter.

(Plus overreliance on action costs $$$)
Takeaways for youn:

When telling a story about your company, your product, your career, make sure you shine a light on a main character—who they are and what they care about.

For companies & products that's the customer / user.

For job seekers, it's you and your stakeholders.
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Jan 12, 2023
2023 is is a year Generative AI really comes for knowledge workers.

Naturally we're all fixated on what AI can do and how it's as good or better than people. So what's left for us?

Here are 10 enduring human traits that can help us stay ahead of the machines. 🧵
1/ IMPERFECTION

Making mistakes is human. Slips of tongue, typos, the occasional email faux pas.

But here's the biggest one you can't make now—being so darn afraid to make mistakes!

Amazing things have come from accidents. I'm grateful as hell for penicillin.
AI gets things wrong too — but it's designed to be flawless.

Let yourself make mistakes. Explore them and look for those happy accidents.

Also, people will learn to look for little imperfections as a sign of humanity.

Stumble, fall, show off those jagged edges. The AI can't.
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Nov 8, 2022
In 2019, 2 b-school professors from Wharton and Boston Univ. went deep into startup pivot research.

They studied 93 strategic decisions made by 7 energy & cleantech startups across 3 years.

What they found busts the myth of the "leap of faith" pivot. Image
Most lessons about startup pivots are anecdotal.

The big winners and the tragic losers get passed down like tall tales. These stories focus on taking big leaps into the unknown.

Founders deserve better than folklore, they deserve facts.
From the outside, a pivot looks like a radical move:

- Online game→workplace messaging (Slack)
- Dating website→video-sharing platform (Youtube).

It makes you think you just need the guts to take 1 BIG swing. But that's not what the research reveals.
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