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Read this korrent: Later in your career you have to ruthlessly cut meetings out of your life.
Later in your career you have to ruthlessly cut meetings out of your life.
Last stated 7 years ago
28 Dec 2019
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Naval Ravikant — holds since 2019-12-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Meetings are the biggest drag on a professional's schedule. — tap to centre the map on it
Meetings are the biggest drag on a professional's schedule.
Last stated 4 years ago
19 Apr 2022
GB
Gibson Biddle — holds since 2022-04-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Risk-taking becomes exponentially harder as a person gets older. — tap to centre the map on it
Risk-taking becomes exponentially harder as a person gets older.
Last stated 12 months ago
16 Oct 2025
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Nat Eliason — holds since 2025-10-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Trying to shortcut past necessary personal work always backfires, and real progress requires confronting oneself directly. — tap to centre the map on it
Trying to shortcut past necessary personal work always backfires, and real progress requires confronting oneself directly.
Last stated 4 weeks ago
14 Sept 2026
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Ava Huang — holds since 2026-09-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: At every level of management your job is to see further ahead than the people who report to you, because they are busy with the near term and nobody else will do it. — tap to centre the map on it
At every level of management your job is to see further ahead than the people who report to you, because they are busy with the near term and nobody else will do it.
Last stated 6 months ago
1 Apr 2026
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Thuan Pham — holds since 2026-04-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Within about a year everyone's job will change, though people will not lose their positions. — tap to centre the map on it
Within about a year everyone's job will change, though people will not lose their positions.
Last stated 4 weeks ago
10 Sept 2026
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Elena Verna — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A founder who does not know their own goal dies by a thousand compromises and ends up running a company they do not want to work at. — tap to centre the map on it
A founder who does not know their own goal dies by a thousand compromises and ends up running a company they do not want to work at.
Last stated 4 months ago
2 Jun 2026
MP
Mark Pincus — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company that does not learn from the work it does would probably eventually lose its advantage. — tap to centre the map on it
A company that does not learn from the work it does would probably eventually lose its advantage.
Last stated 4 weeks ago
10 Sept 2026
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Karri Saarinen — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Advancing in life depends more on what one learns later than on what one already knows — tap to centre the map on it
Advancing in life depends more on what one learns later than on what one already knows
Last stated 19 years ago
13 May 2007
CM
Charlie Munger — holds since 2007-05-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A business can use stewardship of a community publication as a top-of-funnel customer acquisition strategy without needing the publication itself to generate revenue directly. — tap to centre the map on it
A business can use stewardship of a community publication as a top-of-funnel customer acquisition strategy without needing the publication itself to generate revenue directly.
Last stated 3 weeks ago
21 Sept 2026
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Chris Coyier — holds since 2026-09-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company can produce a good commercial without a large budget — tap to centre the map on it
A company can produce a good commercial without a large budget
Last stated 4 years ago
21 Mar 2023
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2023-03-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A designer who is not a designated leader can get leaned on by building an internal tool for a cross-functional need, such as one design needed by marketing. — tap to centre the map on it
A designer who is not a designated leader can get leaned on by building an internal tool for a cross-functional need, such as one design needed by marketing.
Last stated 5 months ago
19 May 2026
TG
Tommy Geoco — holds since 2026-05-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A CEO cannot be a calibrated interviewer for every role, so insisting on interviewing every candidate makes hiring worse rather than better. — tap to centre the map on it
A CEO cannot be a calibrated interviewer for every role, so insisting on interviewing every candidate makes hiring worse rather than better.
Last stated 2 years ago
17 Dec 2024
CM
Charity Majors — holds since 2024-12-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company hiring a designer is not hiring a politician or spokesperson, so it should just get into the design work. — tap to centre the map on it
A company hiring a designer is not hiring a politician or spokesperson, so it should just get into the design work.
Last stated a week ago
29 Sept 2026
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Danny Martinez — holds since 2026-09-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company is not sensitive to the few thousand dollars a candidate is afraid to ask for, because the fully-loaded cost of employing them dwarfs it. — tap to centre the map on it
A company is not sensitive to the few thousand dollars a candidate is afraid to ask for, because the fully-loaded cost of employing them dwarfs it.
Last stated 15 years ago
23 Jan 2012
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Patrick McKenzie — holds since 2012-01-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A drop in agency is the earliest sign of burnout, arriving before you consciously notice you are burning out. — tap to centre the map on it
A drop in agency is the earliest sign of burnout, arriving before you consciously notice you are burning out.
Last stated 3 years ago
10 Jan 2024
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Cate Hall — holds since 2024-01-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A founder who picks an idea because the market wants it will give up, because nobody can persist at something that was never important to them. — tap to centre the map on it
A founder who picks an idea because the market wants it will give up, because nobody can persist at something that was never important to them.
Last stated 2 years ago
19 Jun 2024
AS
Aravind Srinivas — holds since 2024-06-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A general inclination of all humankind is a perpetual, restless desire of power after power that ends only in death — tap to centre the map on it
A general inclination of all humankind is a perpetual, restless desire of power after power that ends only in death
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Thomas Hobbes — holds since c. 1651 — tap for who they are
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Later in your career you have to ruthlessly cut meetings out of your life.
Last stated 28 Dec 2019 · 7 years ago
Holds Naval Ravikant
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Meetings are the biggest drag on a professional's schedule.
Last stated 19 Apr 2022 · 4 years ago
Holds Gibson Biddle
Similar wording
Risk-taking becomes exponentially harder as a person gets older.
Last stated 16 Oct 2025 · 12 months ago
Holds Nat Eliason
Similar wording
Trying to shortcut past necessary personal work always backfires, and real progress requires confronting oneself directly.
Last stated 14 Sept 2026 · 4 weeks ago
Holds Ava Huang
Similar wording
At every level of management your job is to see further ahead than the people who report to you, because they are busy with the near term and nobody else will do it.
Last stated 1 Apr 2026 · 6 months ago
Holds Thuan Pham
Similar wording
Within about a year everyone's job will change, though people will not lose their positions.
Last stated 10 Sept 2026 · 4 weeks ago
Holds Elena Verna
Similar wording
A founder who does not know their own goal dies by a thousand compromises and ends up running a company they do not want to work at.
Last stated 2 Jun 2026 · 4 months ago
Holds Mark Pincus
Similar wording
A company that does not learn from the work it does would probably eventually lose its advantage.
Last stated 10 Sept 2026 · 4 weeks ago
Holds Karri Saarinen
Similar wording
Advancing in life depends more on what one learns later than on what one already knows
Last stated 13 May 2007 · 19 years ago
Holds Charlie Munger
Same subject: agency
A business can use stewardship of a community publication as a top-of-funnel customer acquisition strategy without needing the publication itself to generate revenue directly.
Last stated 21 Sept 2026 · 3 weeks ago
Holds Chris Coyier
Same subject: agency
A company can produce a good commercial without a large budget
Last stated 21 Mar 2023 · 4 years ago
Holds David Heinemeier Hansson
Same subject: agency
A designer who is not a designated leader can get leaned on by building an internal tool for a cross-functional need, such as one design needed by marketing.
Last stated 19 May 2026 · 5 months ago
Holds Tommy Geoco
Same subject: hiring
A CEO cannot be a calibrated interviewer for every role, so insisting on interviewing every candidate makes hiring worse rather than better.
Last stated 17 Dec 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds Charity Majors
Same subject: hiring
A company hiring a designer is not hiring a politician or spokesperson, so it should just get into the design work.
Last stated 29 Sept 2026 · a week ago
Holds Danny Martinez
Same subject: hiring
A company is not sensitive to the few thousand dollars a candidate is afraid to ask for, because the fully-loaded cost of employing them dwarfs it.
Last stated 23 Jan 2012 · 15 years ago
Holds Patrick McKenzie
Same subject: motivation
A drop in agency is the earliest sign of burnout, arriving before you consciously notice you are burning out.
Last stated 10 Jan 2024 · 3 years ago
Holds Cate Hall
Same subject: motivation
A founder who picks an idea because the market wants it will give up, because nobody can persist at something that was never important to them.
Last stated 19 Jun 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds Aravind Srinivas
Same subject: motivation
A general inclination of all humankind is a perpetual, restless desire of power after power that ends only in death
Last stated c. 1651
Holds Thomas Hobbes