Most steams that i have encountered are essentially focused on creating a positive return on investment. But what ends up happening is that many people fill up that entire with these cana aroi tasks, and they try to decrease their denominator. So by trying to minimize opportunity cost, we force ourselves to think about what is the opcum ol option? It's actually not really sible to do an actual calculation. We don't want to break down this big, ambiguous coal because we might find that we don't know enough. And yet there will be certain parts of your work where you are also addressing aroi in some way or another.
Shreyas Doshi is a startup advisor who has formerly worked in the product teams of tech firms like Stripe, Twitter, Google, Yahoo. He regularly writes about product, strategy, org psychology, leadership, and life! Important Links:
Show Notes:
- Shreyas’s childhood
- Operating with the owner mindset
- The LNO framework
- Getting good at leveraging time
- The antithesis principle
- Having a great manager
- Individual vs. group decision making
- “Apple Pie” positions
- Beware of certainty theater
- Social media: A global intelligence network
- Minimizing your opportunity costs
- The issue with following the rubric
- Lessons from school at the workplace
- Learning to unlearn
- Tao Te Ching on leadership
- Being an invisible leader
- Tight vs. weak grip
- And MUCH more!
Books Mentioned:
- The Science of Storytelling; by Will Storr
- The Status Game; by Will Storr
- Tao Te Ching; by Lao Tzu