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Introversion vs. extroversion. Introverts focus on the inner world and get their energy from ideas, memories, and experiences while extroverts are externally focused and get their energy from being with people.
Getting the right people in the right roles in support of your goal is the key to succeeding at whatever you choose to accomplish.
1) the biggest threat to good decision making is harmful emotions, and 2) decision making is a two-step process (first learning and then deciding).
Deciding is the process of choosing which knowledge should be drawn upon—both
being able to synthesize accurately and knowing how to navigate levels.
Synthesis is the process of converting a lot of data into an accurate picture.
To synthesize well, you must 1) synthesize the situation at hand, 2) synthesize the situation through time, and 3) navigate levels effectively.
Don’t mistake opinions for facts.
Everything looks bigger up close.
New is overvalued relative to great.
Logic, reason, and common sense are your best tools for synthesizing reality and understanding what to do about it.
Simplify!
1) know what the best decisions are and 2) have the courage to make them.
To acquire principles that work, it’s essential that you embrace reality and deal with it well.
you must be radically open-minded.
To get the best results out of yourself and others, you must understand that people are wired very differently.
Dreams + Reality + Determination = A Successful Life.
Truth—or, more precisely, an accurate understanding of reality—is the essential foundation for any good outcome.
1.3 Be radically open-minded and radically transparent.
Radical open-mindedness and radical transparency are invaluable for rapid learning and effective change.
Don’t let fears of what others think of you stand in your way.
Embracing radical truth and radical transparency will bring more meaningful work and more meaningful relationships.
1.4 Look to nature to learn how reality works.
Evolution is the single greatest force in the universe; it is the only thing that is permanent and it drives everything.
• An organization is a machine consisting of two major parts: culture and people.
1 Trust in Radical Truth and Radical Transparency
Cultivate Meaningful Work and Meaningful Relationships
If people in an organization feel that alignment, they will treasure their relationships and work together harmoniously; its culture will permeate everything they do.
the people who make up an organization determine the kind of culture it has, and the culture of the organization determines the kinds of people who fit in.
A great organization has both great people and a great culture.
b. Great people have both great character and great capabilities.
we do that by having an idea meritocracy that strives for meaningful work and meaningful relationships through radical truth and radical transparency.
Step Process: 1) having clear goals, 2) identifying the problems preventing the goals from being achieved, 3) diagnosing what parts of the machine (i.e., which people or which designs) are not working well, 4) designing changes, and 5) doing what is needed.
converting problems into progress “looping,”
nothing is more important or more difficult than to get the culture and the people right.
RADICAL TRUTH AND RADICAL TRANSPARENCY
Idea Meritocracy = Radical Truth + Radical Transparency + Believability-Weighted Decision Making.
Make your passion and your work one and the same and do it with people you want to be with.
Being radically truthful and radically transparent are probably the most difficult principles to internalize,
To have an Idea Meritocracy: 1) Put your honest thoughts on the table 2) Have thoughtful disagreement 3) Abide by agreed-upon ways of getting past disagreement
“There is no worse course in leadership than to hold out false hopes soon to be swept away.”
1.2 Have integrity and demand it from others.
Never say anything about someone that you wouldn’t say to them directly and don’t try people without accusing them to their faces.
Share the things that are hardest to share.
What I’m saying is that I believe one should push the limits of being transparent while remaining prudent.
Meaningful relationships and meaningful work are mutually reinforcing, especially when supported by radical truth and radical transparency.
Relationships have to be genuine, not forced;
Make sure people give more consideration to others than they demand for themselves.
Make sure that people understand the difference between fairness and generosity.
Know where the line is and be on the far side of fair.
