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Tobias Lütke

What Tobias Lütke thinks about motivation

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Co-founder and CEO of Shopify; long-time Linux user and Omarchy contributor.

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  1. Our readingCompanies are short-term focused not because executives are, but because executives are incentivised to prove results at quarterly intervals.

    Their wordsI don't think the executives tend to be short-term focused, but the executives often like what they incentivized to keep their job. Therefore, they need to be able to prove that they're doing a good job at intervals.

    ↗Tobi Lütke: The Skills AI Makes More Valuableyoutube.com 14th of 26 in this recording

  3. Our readingAffirmations are the easiest way to reshape your own mind, the way willpower turns behaviour into habit.

    discipline

    Their wordsI think doing the same thing with the mind is totally possible and affirmations are the easiest way to do it

    ↗Tobi Lütke: The Skills AI Makes More Valuableyoutube.com 17th of 26 in this recording

  4. 12 months earlier

  5. Our readingNobody falls in love with solutions at the start of a career, and the people who stayed in love with problems are the ones this technology enables.

    Their wordsBut again, the people who love to solve problems are the ones who are just so enabled right now and I think everyone starts there. No one is falls in love with solutions at the beginning of their careers.

    ↗ACQ2: How to Live in Everyone Else's Future (with Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke)youtube.com 7th of 21 in this recording