Grant Gochnauer: Awesome Humans — Issue #191
Awesome Human
It’s Never Going to Be Perfect, So Just Get It Done — www.nytimes.com
This article really resonated with me. I’ve always been a person who gets things to 90% at 10% of the effort instead of spending 90% of the effort on the last 10%.
“The M.F.D. is the minimum outcome you’re willing to accept as a consequence of a decision. It’s what you’d be perfectly fine with, rather than the outcome that would be perfect. The root of the M.F.D. lies in the difference between maximizers and satisficers. Maximizers relentlessly research all possible options in a scenario for fear of missing the “best” one, while satisficers make quick decisions based on less research.
But here’s the key: Somewhat paradoxically, research has shown that satisficers are more satisfied with their decisions than maximizers are.”
Ten Human Skills for the Future of Work — 99u.adobe.com
“These core strengths are key not only for building and leading effective teams, but for thriving in the constantly evolving workplace.”
I’ve been a ‘millennial therapist’ for more than 5 years — and this is their №1 complaint — www.cnbc.com
“Despite the stereotypes, millennials are actually a smart and highly ambitious group of individuals. But there are a lot of anxieties that hold them back. A psychotherapist shares what they bring up the most in therapy, and the advice she gives them.”
The Art and Science of Remembering — elemental.medium.com
“The results showed that “superior memory was not driven by exceptional intellectual ability or structural brain differences,” the authors wrote. “Rather, we found that superior memorizers used a spatial learning strategy, engaging brain regions such as the hippocampus that are critical for memory and for spatial memory in particular.” It’s not that memory champions are smarter than everyone else. They just work hard at remembering, and therefore apply more of their brains to the task.”
Healthy Human
Nutrients | Free Full-Text | Early Time-Restricted Feeding Improves 24-Hour Glucose Levels and Affects Markers of the Circadian Clock, Aging, and Autophagy in Humans — www.mdpi.com
“Time-restricted feeding (TRF) is a form of intermittent fasting that involves having a longer daily fasting period. Preliminary studies report that TRF improves cardiometabolic health in rodents and humans. Here, we performed the first study to determine how TRF affects gene expression, circulating hormones, and diurnal patterns in cardiometabolic risk factors in humans. Eleven overweight adults participated in a 4-day randomized crossover study where they ate between 8 am and 2 pm (early TRF (eTRF)) and between 8 am and 8 pm (control schedule). Participants underwent continuous glucose monitoring, and blood was drawn to assess cardiometabolic risk factors, hormones, and gene expression in whole blood cells. eTRF improves 24-hour glucose levels, alters lipid metabolism and circadian clock gene expression, and may also increase autophagy and have anti-aging effects in humans.”
Human Builders
The Inside Story of How This Startup Turned a 216-Word Pitch Email into a $2.6 Billion Acquisition — firstround.com
Fantastic!
“Drawing on their unique perspectives as founding CTO, engineering leader, CEO and first investor, respectively, they unpack Looker’s recipe for success from every angle, sharing an inside look at why it worked, how the business was built, and what other startups can learn from its early days.
This crew covers all the essential cogs in the startup machine: finding the idea, standing out in the market, experimenting with different models, scaling sales, nailing customer success, and of course, assembling a winning team. From perspectives on curating company culture and intentionally screening early-hires to strategies for messaging a product’s value and beating every bookings plan, early-stage teams will find plenty of wisdom here in this detailed accounting of how Looker got built.”
There is no better “growth hack” for SaaS than talking with your customers — uxdesign.cc
“It sounds simple — but it’s not easy: talking with your customers through every stage of the customer lifecycle. There’s been a lot said about the value of talking to your customers before you build the product to ensure market fit, but very little said about continuing the conversation past marketing and past the sale.
Why do I know talking with your customer is *the* very best predictor of, and contributor to, SaaS business growth? Because creating a constant flow of customer feedback, input, and conversation makes Customer Experience (CX) better.
Multiple studies show that CX leads to revenue growth.”
The Truth About Investor Updates
“The conventional wisdom is when taking money from others, there is some ethical and/or moral obligation to send brief updates. I now have a different point of view on this argument. I don’t think it matters what the obligation is — but rather — it’s an opportunity for the founders to supply their most passionate early supporters with information and ammunition to infuse into our conversations with downstream investors, potential candidates, and potential angels and BD prospects.”
On Presentations — www.beautiful.ai
A great presentation on how to create great presentations!
Future Humans
World’s First AI Universe Simulator Knows Things It Shouldn’t — futurism.com
“Researchers used AI to create a universe simulator that’s incredibly fast and accurate, even when they tweak parameters not included in its training data.”
Scientists store data inside molecules that drive your metabolism — www.engadget.com
“Never mind using DNA to store data — there may be a simpler way to store info. Brown University scientists have shown that it’s possible to store data in solutions of artificial metabolic molecules, such as amino acids and sugars. The presence or absence of a given molecule creates one bit of data, and the complexity of the mixture decides how many bits that mixture can hold. After that, it’s a matter of placing thousands of mixtures on tiny metal plates as nanoscale droplets — you use a mass spectrometer to decode the data once the droplets have dried.”
One More Thing
Oil Fall At Mid Year — gregor.substack.com
“The primary Oil Fall forecast — an acceleration towards EV and global electrification — is paradoxically getting extra support this year from mounting downward pressures on the global economy. This week’s letter will be a tour of charts, therefore, to update readers on how car markets, oil markets, and electrification are progressing in China, the United States, and, Oil Fall’s ever reliable case study, California.”
