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14 connected korrents · 16 moments from 4 Jul 2011 to 3 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under empathy empathy Everything filed under management management Everything filed under hiring hiring Everything filed under America America Everything filed under startups startups Everything filed under agency agency Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Working for yourself means giving up work-life balance. Working for yourself means giving upwork-life balance. Last stated a year ago 26 Jul 2025 NR Naval Ravikant — holds since 2025-07-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: It is one thing to accept a poor work-life balance for yourself, and a different thing entirely to demand it of the people you manage. — tap to centre the map on it It is one thing to accept a poorwork-life balance for yourself, anda different thing entirely to demandit of the people you manage. Last stated 3 months ago 9 Jul 2026 AK Andrew Kelley — holds since 2026-07-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: Self-employed people lack the safety net protections that come with a corporate job. — tap to centre the map on it Self-employed people lack the safetynet protections that come with acorporate job. Last stated 4 months ago 18 Jun 2026 MK Matt Kepnes — holds since 2026-06-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: Build the product for yourself first: if it truly serves you, plenty of other people like you will want it too. — tap to centre the map on it Build the product for yourselffirst: if it truly serves you,plenty of other people like you willwant it too. Last stated 6 days ago 3 Oct 2026 JF Jason Fried — holds since 2021-11-02 — tap for who they are PG Paul Graham — holds since 2012-11-01 — tap for who they are EL Eyal Levin — holds since 2026-10-03 — tap for who they are DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2021-11-02 — tap for who they are DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-04-08 — tap for who they are PL Pieter Levels — holds since 2018-01-17 — tap for who they are DS Derek Sivers — holds since 2011-07-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: Once people work self-motivated on something they care about, with people they like, they become unemployable. — tap to centre the map on it Once people work self-motivated onsomething they care about, withpeople they like, they becomeunemployable. Last stated a year ago 26 Jul 2025 NR Naval Ravikant — holds since 2025-07-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: No job or boss protects you any more; self-reliance and expressing individuality are the only way to power — tap to centre the map on it No job or boss protects you anymore; self-reliance and expressingindividuality are the only way topower RG Robert Greene — holds since c. 2010 — tap for who they are Same subject: Abolitionists who felt the slave's wrongs were blind to the equal legal wrongs of their own mothers, wives and sisters — tap to centre the map on it Abolitionists who felt the slave'swrongs were blind to the equal legalwrongs of their own mothers, wivesand sisters ES Elizabeth Cady Stanton — holds since c. 1898 — tap for who they are Same subject: Assuming stupidity rather than malice changes the response: empathy and clarity instead of defensiveness. — tap to centre the map on it Assuming stupidity rather thanmalice changes the response: empathyand clarity instead ofdefensiveness. Last stated 2 years ago 16 Nov 2024 SP Shane Parrish — holds since 2024-11-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: Being an excellent programmer is a burden rather than an advantage when learning to work with coding agents. — tap to centre the map on it Being an excellent programmer is aburden rather than an advantage whenlearning to work with coding agents. Last stated 8 months ago 12 Feb 2026 LF Lex Fridman — holds since 2026-02-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: "Hire great people and get out of their way" is dangerous advice for anyone in a leadership role. — tap to centre the map on it "Hire great people and get out oftheir way" is dangerous advice foranyone in a leadership role. Last stated 2 years ago 17 Dec 2024 CM Charity Majors — holds since 2024-12-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A career goes better attached to the part of a business that brings the money in than to a cost centre, whatever the work itself is. — tap to centre the map on it A career goes better attached to thepart of a business that brings themoney in than to a cost centre,whatever the work itself is. Last stated 15 years ago 28 Oct 2011 PM Patrick McKenzie — holds since 2011-10-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: A career ladder must not be a checklist that guarantees promotion, because a promotion depends on the organisation’s needs as much as on the employee’s skills. — tap to centre the map on it A career ladder must not be achecklist that guarantees promotion,because a promotion depends on theorganisation’s needs as much as onthe employee’s skills. Last stated a year ago 28 May 2025 CF Camille Fournier — holds since 2025-05-28 — 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 calibratedinterviewer for every role, soinsisting on interviewing everycandidate makes hiring worse ratherthan 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 nothiring a politician or spokesperson,so it should just get into thedesign work. Last stated a week ago 29 Sept 2026 DM 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 thefew thousand dollars a candidate isafraid to ask for, because thefully-loaded cost of employing themdwarfs it. Last stated 15 years ago 23 Jan 2012 PM Patrick McKenzie — holds since 2012-01-23 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Working for yourself means giving up work-life balance. Last stated 26 Jul 2025 · a year ago Holds Naval Ravikant Read this korrent →