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Lessons From Sam Altman: On Belief, Ambition, And High-Impact Careers

“Sam Altman can’t be stopped by such flimsy rules. If he wants to be on this list, he’s going to be… there are a few people with such force…

Mar 1, 2023

Lessons From Sam Altman: On Belief, Ambition, And High-Impact Careers

Mar 1, 2023

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Planning is the Cousin of Procrastination

“Mediocre founders spend a lot of time talking about grand plans, but they never make a decision.”

Jan 21, 2023

Planning is the Cousin of Procrastination

Jan 21, 2023

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Altitude Shifting is an Underrated Skill For Founders

Erik Torenberg has a concept that he calls altitude shifting:

Nov 26, 2022

Altitude Shifting is an Underrated Skill For Founders

Nov 26, 2022

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Startups are Built by Generalists and Scaled by Specialists

“…figuring out the right product is the innovator’s job, not the customer’s job. The customer only knows what she thinks she wants based…”

Oct 12, 2022

Startups are Built by Generalists and Scaled by Specialists

Oct 12, 2022

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Level Up Coding

The Best Founders Have Agency in Spades

“Arguably the most important personality trait you can foster”

Aug 2, 2022

Futuristic image generated by Dall-E

Aug 2, 2022

Why I Write

Jul 22, 2022

Why I Write

Jul 22, 2022

Managing Dopamine to Build Healthy Habits

How I’ve learnt to manage dopamine to experience more drive and motivation.

Jul 15, 2022

Managing Dopamine to Build Healthy Habits

Jul 15, 2022

On The Mundanity of Excellence

Why excellence is actually pretty boring.

Jul 15, 2022

On The Mundanity of Excellence

Jul 15, 2022

How I’ve Benefitted From Reading Technology History

It’s a strange thing to realise that nothing about the world we live in was inevitable.

Dec 18, 2021

How I’ve Benefitted From Reading Technology History

Dec 18, 2021

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Level Up Coding

What is Hammock Driven Development?

If the solution isn’t obvious you don’t understand the problem well enough.

Nov 26, 2021

What is Hammock Driven Development?

Nov 26, 2021

Keagan Stokoe

Keagan Stokoe

Each week I write about what we can learn from founders that have built insanely great companies and products — https://chasingmelody.substack.com/

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