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Why would someone join your company as its 20th engineer when she could go work at Google for more money and more prestige?

You’ll attract the employees you need if you can explain why your mission is compelling: not why it’s important in general, but why you’re doing something important th...

The point is that, don’t rely on your intelligence to make assumptions about people. If it isn’t considering the practical reality outside of you.

• People are weird: In general, people are weird. As your foundational principle, you avoid falling for the assumption your mind takes for gr...

“As you’re going about your daily business (hopefully, there’s some nature) and you’re not talking to anybody else, you practice learning to accept the moment you’re in without making judgments. You don’t think, “Oh, there’s a homeless guy over there, better cross the street” or look at ...