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Interesting Links This Week

🖼 Creativity

1. Naval, Sahil Lavingia and Ben Thompson on How Everyone Can Be Successful.

• In this clubhouse session, the trio of tech gods argue why success is not a zero-sum game.

• And how everyone can succeed to become the best while attracting their people with authenticity.

• Authenticity becomes your competitive advantage because “no one can compete with you on being you.”

2. Paul Graham Essay on Early Work.

• Paul Graham talks about how to overcome self-defeating behavior when it comes to building something new.

• He advises self-belief to the point of overconfidence.

• And surrounding yourself with other ambitious people who tell you the truth.

💭 Thought Leaders

3. Frederik Gieschen on VC's Most Passionate Skeptic.

• In this compilation of passionate Tweets and interviews, investor Josh Wolfe talks about the negative energy that drove him to achieve.

• He breaks down his philosophy on inventing the wheel of the future as an investor.

• And his 'information anxiety' for knowledge that helps him become an interesting person around other interesting people.

4. Ben Casnocha on Working with the Billionaire Reid Hoffman.

• Lessons from the chief of staff to one of the most powerful man known as the Startup Whisperer of Silicon Valley learned from his time working with him.

• My favorite lessons were:

  • (1) Look for people's best qualities to build long-term relationships.

  • (2) Optimize for speed and simplify processes to move fast.

  • (3) When working in an intense industry, learn to read people's level of drive in alpha to figure out how to manage them.

🧠 Mindset

5. Zen Habits on Practical Advice to Reframe Your Weakness into Strength.

• Every strength has an equal and opposite weakness.

• Here are some practical tips on how to reframe your weaknesses and transform them into opportunities to reinvent yourself.

6. Boz on Ask for Advice, Not Permission from Your Team.

• You've likely heard the common startup saying, “ask for forgiveness, not permission.”

• How to apply the same principles to working with your team or manager.

• Next time, try asking for advice.

Book of the Week

The Startup of You by Reid Hoffman and Ben Casnocha

💓 Why I Loved It:

This book gives practical tips on how to operate in the world of startups. He speaks from an insider perspective on the mindset and skill set needed to succeed. He gives advice on building a network of genuine relationships, navigating dynamics with powerful people to creating your serendipity (or luck). People management is at the epicentre of this book. It does a good job with giving tips on becoming street smart and resourceful, with case studies from Sheryl Sandberg to the founders of Airbnb.

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Meet the Curator

I'm currently based in Sydney, Australia. I'm a startup operator, business and mindset enthusiast, and lifelong learner. When I'm not working, I can be often found bringing people together, studying the world's best people in tech and reading endlessly.

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