The leader was strong
His chosen men were loyal.
But they were so busy working hard to be loyal that they forgot to serve the people.
The leader was upset.
"But we can't help it," his chosen ones said in a chorus.
"If we were so competent, there was no need for us to be loyal"
In the context, many found the Taliban better than the status quo. A functioning legal system, even one as oppressive as the Taliban's, allows people (or at least men) to function economically better than no legal system, or a hopelessly corrupt one. 8/
The “Protestant work ethic” was the reason given by Weber on why Protestant regions of Europe were historically wealthier than Catholic ones. This paper shows that the Protestant edge was not work ethic, but due to historically higher literacy since they needed to read the Bible! https://t.co/GopirD2RnR
Tweets you can use while replying to AndhBhakts. Thread.
1. Secularism. https://t.co/qr0QB4QxLp
Survivorship Bias https://t.co/b5uv9CBHrN
There is the work, and there is the work about the work.
Managers should obsess about the latter because without it the former is compromised.
Example: being a master in the art of identifying tensions among team members and figuring out how to resolve them.
I hear you asking, dear reader, how this miracle came to pass. How did chrome-team manage to deliver high quality software without death marches?
Funny you ask... Turns out that software projects actually benefit strongly from having senior technical leadership deeply involved.
By "senior" I mean, as a crude approximation, "old enough to have school aged children at home".
By "involved" I mean "typing code" and "reviewing code".
I know! In our industry it has been more common for such folks to age out to management and leave the typing to the kids.
Mental models are useful tools to simplify our complex reality.
But unfortunately, when misapplied, these "useful" models become anything but.
THREAD: A mental model on maps, the territory, and how to avoid getting lost:
A team without steam can collapse any Dream. 😞 https://t.co/9khhW5Vycg
This framework on product-market fit is a fantastic strategic tool for startups: https://t.co/yDR9zgKzcI Start with feature-problem fit and scale from there. Thanks @shreyas for creating this.
#startups #tech #strategy @andrealyip
Who are the top five @SubstackInc writers you know who do deep analysis and write about tech, product, community?
5. The fate of these donors - Tatas are anti-national. Airtel and Idea are struggling to survive. And the two people who did not donate at all - Ambani and Adani are eating the donors away.
KARMA is a bitch. When you fund a hate factory, you will be devoured by it too.
END
Elon recently toured Tim Dodd around the Starbase facility in Texas, where SpaceX is building the tallest rocket ever (Starship).
Over 2 hours of footage. It's gold.
Best part: Elon breaking down his 5-STEP design and manufacturing process.
Here it is 🧵 https://t.co/loDpuTRuLC
@jjude @prod2tp @paperlessmove I agree everyone's 24 hours is different.
Privilege is just 1 of hundreds of factors that contribute to our actions. Isolating 1 factor need context for the individual I think.
Money does not equal time in many situations. automated income is becoming more accessible.
"Task lists are infinite, but your time is finite; and therefore your calendar should be your ultimate Single Source of Truth." ~ Tom Solid @paperlessmove
Wow, powerful thought-provoking mic-dropping stuff.
(Heard Tom say it on a chat with @DannyHatcher)
Never imagined founder of the tool I use often will come on Gravitas WINS show and chat with me about the usage.
@jessep stayed for the complete session & chatted for half hour on future roadmap of @WorkFlowy.
Amazing feeling which I will cherish for long. Thank you Jesse https://t.co/zEpz1w2dJV
Richard Branson carried a notebook with him all the time.
In fact, Darwin, Picasso, Mark Twain all carried a notebook with them. Do you know why?
You don't know when ideas will strike you. You don't want to lose those unformed but precious ideas.
In 2018 I put together a Pricing Strategy deck, with the help of various courses and desk research, to present to the team at Gasp. To help both define and trade the value of our creativity. I've recently shared it beyond our agency walls, and break it down here... [THREAD]
@EmmySobieski @jjude @craigburgess Yeah, "why not ME?" and "why NOT me." are very close.
I’m trying to compile a diverse reading list for an MA course in writing biography, and I’d love to hear your recommendations for exciting, inventive life-writing by underrepresented authors. RTs welcome, thank you!
Interesting take on taking notes with 🖊️ Vs ⌨️ . Why Pen is mightier than the keyboard. And Why consultant prefer auto transcription and artist prefer @moleskine 👇 https://t.co/Rv6JdguEXb
If your headline doesn't promise a clear value or result, it's a bad headline.
The venom is spreading and bring spread openly, now... close to the Indian Parliament and close to the Independence Day. What more would we witness in India, the land of BJP? 😞
https://t.co/4F83YHb3O8 https://t.co/G7a1Mf8VaL
@oshaheero There is NO provision in any law of giving cash rewards to private individuals in this manner. Merely because similar mistakes were committed in the past, it can't be justified. Ask them to show the head of account from which money is to be drawn and the rule that permits it.
“Genocide is a process. The Holocaust did not start with the gas chambers. It started with hate speech.”- Adama Dieng
https://t.co/9Qmsm7KACK
Creative ppl should NOT work Monday-Friday 9-to-5 (yet 99% do this)
@naval has a great framework. Work like a LION.
- sit
- wait for prey
- SPRINT
- eat/enjoy
- rest & repeat
Most people work like COWS instead. Standing in the field all day, grazing grass slowly.
0/ How to grow on Twitter
The best tweets and threads for how to grow your Twitter audience
Thread👇🧵
"Stop politicising the issue"
What is not a "political" issue? Everything from your access to drinking water/healthcare, the property you inherit & your audacity to cry merit while sitting on caste privilege is political. Marginalization is political.
Stop de-politicising it.
The Lock Me Out app works. My rule definition:
https://t.co/ZK829qpS1y https://t.co/qlUGXzvE2z
So, what does this mean for kids?
How can we help them use good decision-making processes?
Let’s discuss 4 lessons every kid should learn, and every adult should remember 🤸🏼 https://t.co/dJtuursTtc
Great thinkers are great gamblers ♠️🎲
They constantly make bets and use probabilities.
Let’s talk about why this habit makes a massive difference 👇🏼
Shut up and wait - https://t.co/8B3gbrWPiZ https://t.co/tvtv6asutr https://t.co/4YzFxZLeRe
@INArteCarloDoss @CNBCJou @psdjdennis @alwayslearni @amlivemon @Snowden Because of the viciously false accusation by Snowden, I will not leaving alone. Babylonian ethics is that those who make a false accusation must pay as if they committed the offense.
@jjude @rishabh_grg I saw the video! Rishabh is so happy to be part of this journey sharing his stories! Alrighty,
We should catch up sometimes Joseph! I love how you question in details 🔥 well done!
@Bazzaruto Personalized Loom video?
🎉 We're on top list on IndieHackers today 🎉
IndieHacker post: https://t.co/TC8QlGyTTN
Thanks to @fajarsiddiqFS @jjude https://t.co/r8szHx1m3F
If you can’t pay your bills doing it, it’s a hobby.
Hobbies are cool, but hobbies don't but food on the table.
Furthermore, pretending that your hobby is a profession is a clever way to avoid personal responsibility.
Not one CEO spoke about:
Delayed Vaccination
Failed Covid strategy
Migrant Labour
Draconian lockdown
Faulty stimulus package
DeMo and it's failure
Badly implemented GST
Falling GDP Growth
Negative Job growth.
Environment
But every CEO/Entreprenuer wants India to become an USA.
The Language of the Harappans: The Elephant shows the way
An amazing paper by @bahatanadi1 that has just been published in Nature. Careful, rigorous linguistic evidence that the Harappans did speak an ancestral Dravidian language.
Don't miss it!
https://t.co/b8ZUV43xfZ
Absolutely rude of @OmarAbdullah to come on a TimesNow debate armed with facts and figures. Navika has the “Imma bounce” expression on her face https://t.co/El6Cxy9qgq
Leadership language means three things.
1. Use "us" and "we" language with the story
2. Use "you" language when celebrating wins
3. Use "I" language when owning mistakes
The first inspires.
The second motivates.
The third breeds loyalty.
Entrepreneurship is 20% acting on advice, 80% making it up as you go, and 5% breaking the rules.
The Habit Triad 🎯
"Habit is the intersection of knowledge (what to do), skill (how to do), and desire (want to do)"
-@StephenRCovey https://t.co/MJAUh47d2V
The underprivileged had the lived experiences about which we learnt second hand. Yet we scored better at the exams because we could pull off a performance of knowledge: something our ancestors were great at too. The pretence of education,validated by yardsticks we set ourselves.
Story tellers should not suffer with either:
1. Diarrhea of thoughts but constipation of words.
2. Diarrhea of words but constipation of thoughts.
#Focus
The pitch deck: “we have developed a proprietary machine learning model”
The tech stack:
https://t.co/70APITgYGQ
Mukesh Ambani will never tell you how smart he is.
Azim Premji will never tell you how generous he is.
Ratan Tata will never tell you how fair he is.
A lion will never have to tell you he is a lion.
Watch out for people who are always bragging about who they are!
4 loops that cause creative struggle https://t.co/O5PRuGdGRf
The content of your talk is like the protein of a dish.
The delivery of your talk is like the seasoning of the dish.