yeah, "How I Write" has become my new favorite podcast. Definitely endorse checking it out. It's newish, but every episode so far is very different and high quality.
It seems like both a test of enthusiasm and the capacity to think about mission critical things.
At my first job, I'd occasionally write to the CEO when contentious things came up in meetings and attempt to provide solutions. It was embarrassing and seemed naive, but the CEO was like "we have lots of people here and no one does this."
This was a great pod. I highly recommend listening to the whole thing.
Maybe he talks about this in the podcast, but from my experience, when you write it down, you are introducing the very first schema for how others should think about X. It doesn't matter what X is and it barely matters who you are. The nature of human affairs is s.t. most people find it 100x easier to start with something that someone handed them than to get off zero.
Writing it down is the ultimate exploit of that "feature." You can use it for good or ill.
yes, your "schema" point exactly. e.g. in any contract/legal agreement you'd like your lawyer to draft first and present to the counterparty. huge anchoring effect to how things are framed. a lot of power accrues to the one who writes it down. that's kind of MA's point in the clip I shared at the top, but the whole thing is worth watching/listening
This is so fucking true. So so so so true. Can confirm 1000x.
Perell is a really interesting thinker and a good host, also. His podcast is worth checking out.
yeah, "How I Write" has become my new favorite podcast. Definitely endorse checking it out. It's newish, but every episode so far is very different and high quality.
Oh shit, I didn't even know about that one -- I was talking about his older one, which is here. Maybe he's moved on?
may have rebranded or may be new RSS feeds. Here's the YT for him: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0a_pO439rhcyHBZq3AKdrw
It seems like both a test of enthusiasm and the capacity to think about mission critical things.
At my first job, I'd occasionally write to the CEO when contentious things came up in meetings and attempt to provide solutions. It was embarrassing and seemed naive, but the CEO was like "we have lots of people here and no one does this."
This was a great pod. I highly recommend listening to the whole thing.
Maybe he talks about this in the podcast, but from my experience, when you write it down, you are introducing the very first schema for how others should think about X. It doesn't matter what X is and it barely matters who you are. The nature of human affairs is s.t. most people find it 100x easier to start with something that someone handed them than to get off zero.
Writing it down is the ultimate exploit of that "feature." You can use it for good or ill.
yes, your "schema" point exactly. e.g. in any contract/legal agreement you'd like your lawyer to draft first and present to the counterparty. huge anchoring effect to how things are framed. a lot of power accrues to the one who writes it down. that's kind of MA's point in the clip I shared at the top, but the whole thing is worth watching/listening
Hopping on a plane shortly, this is my in-flight entertainment. Thanks for surfacing it :)
happy flight, safe travels! 🤙
agreed, the whole thing is great. link here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tV6kDr1rwTs
I'll take a look at it, it looks interesting
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yeah, I don't agree with everything he or the firm do, but I think he's on point sharing valuable knowledge throughout this whole interview.