Samo Burja: Live and Dead Players
Whether you are examining past societies or living and acting within one today, it’s important to distinguish between live and dead players. A live player… Read More »Samo Burja: Live and Dead Players
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Haruki Murakami on Writing: Talent. Focus. Endurance.
These might be the most important qualities for doing anything. Talent In every interview I’m asked what’s the most important quality a novelist has to… Read More »Haruki Murakami on Writing: Talent. Focus. Endurance.
Ben Horowitz on task-relevant maturity and micromanagement
Yesterday’s post lead me to this piece from Ben Horowitz about the idea of task relevant maturity, an idea he lifted from Andy Grove: Everyone… Read More »Ben Horowitz on task-relevant maturity and micromanagement
Resource: Marc Andreessen on talent and hiring
Marc Andreessen is super smart, bracingly abrasive, and almost always worth listening to. This is a summary of a post from 2007, revived (embalmed?) on… Read More »Resource: Marc Andreessen on talent and hiring
Eric Schmidt on who you work with and the best things in your life
Basically the best things in your life will come from the people that you hang out with, and I mean the people that you love,… Read More »Eric Schmidt on who you work with and the best things in your life
Tyler Cowen on Talent (4): the global talent pool is reason for optimism
Chris Anderson: If you could pick one thing, Tyler, that gives you hope for the future, how would you encapsulate that? Tyler Cowen: There is… Read More »Tyler Cowen on Talent (4): the global talent pool is reason for optimism
Tyler Cowen on Talent (3): The Eye of the Tiger (with Gregory Washington)
Gregory Washington: When I interview people, when I look for people who are going to be part of a team that I’m managing or leading,… Read More »Tyler Cowen on Talent (3): The Eye of the Tiger (with Gregory Washington)
Tyler Cowen on Talent (2): Prejudice, diversity and the most common mistake we make
Tyler Cowen: Don’t obsess over the person being too much like you, that’s a most common mistake almost all interviewers make. People appreciate those like… Read More »Tyler Cowen on Talent (2): Prejudice, diversity and the most common mistake we make
Tyler Cowen on Talent (1): Talent Spotting as Art, and Overrated / Underrated
Gregory Washington: How can society get better at finding talent and why is it so difficult? Tyler Cowen: I think it’s so difficult because it’s… Read More »Tyler Cowen on Talent (1): Talent Spotting as Art, and Overrated / Underrated