1/ Many people ask me, what is my hiring criteria? What do I expect from my team members? How do I retain good talent?
Here lies the answer.
This tweet thread will be useful for CEOs and people who want to work with me.
The medium through which you experience it usually disappears.
Because if it doesn't disappear, then the experience is not good enough.
Let me explain...
It is small, you keep getting notifications, and also it is hard to hold it in your hand all the time.
You are into the movie.
Just you and the movie.
The medium (the theatre) disappears.
You don't need to be reminded of its presence even if it is the medium through which the movie experience is delivered.
You are into the character and the story of the character.
You are totally absorbed.
The "movie" disappears.
It's just you and the story.
You would want to skip forward or make a decision to stop watching the movie. You cannot forget the movie.
The better something is, the more you can forget about it.
In short, the medium that delivers the result should disappear from your conscious attention, letting you flow.
You might enjoy it 80% because 20% of attention is going to your motorcycle that is not doing a good job. And doesn't disappear from your attention.
The bike is so smooth and does its job so well that you can just focus on the ride and nothing else.
You are in the flow of the ride.
Totally absorbed.
Zen. 🧘🏼
If a team member does his/her job so well, then I can forget that I have someone working for me.
I can spend time as a friend, which is fun and healthy.
Because their work is being taken care of by them with 100% dedication, involvement, and at their best capacity.
I am constantly reminded of them and they wouldn't disappear from my conscious attention.
I disappear from conscious attention. As a boss.
They don't need to remember they have a boss.
It will be freedom. As good as being their own boss.
The team members are also in a state of flow because they love what they do and hence they do it in the best way possible.
That they disappear from my conscious attention as an employee and just be a friend to me to hang out with me.
I have a few people like that who I have forgotten about.
If you are running a company yourself, you now know the kind of team you have to build. This is my criteria. And my only criteria. Just one metric. Disappear.
The entire organization will be in a state of flow with the work.
And somehow magically it will all fit perfectly together.
And no one else would understand the magic
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Interact with smart people here on Twitter who have different world-views than you do.
And let them change your mind on something.
Here are the 30 people you should follow (along with my favorite tweet from each)👇👇
Twitter can be terrible if you follow negative people.
It can also be more valuable than a college degree if you follow (and network with) the right people.
You get to look right into their brain and read a daily narrative of HOW they think.
Ok lets go:
#1: @ShaanVP
You know he's all about venture capital based entrepreneurship. I'm about small (non-sexy) business. We disagree on a lot of stuff.
But he's done it and he's won. Bonus follow: @theSamParr (@myfirstmilpod podcast
#2: @fortworthchris
He is where I want to be in 15 years. Has built a massive real estate private equity firm from the ground up. Super grounded with what the way he does business and his podcast @theFORTpodcast is top
#3: @Julian
I'm a scattered thinker and procrastinator.
Julian is a master of clear thinking and simple but effective writing. A world class example of content marketing and
Interact with smart people here on Twitter who have different world-views than you do.
And let them change your mind on something.
Here are the 30 people you should follow (along with my favorite tweet from each)👇👇
Twitter can be terrible if you follow negative people.
It can also be more valuable than a college degree if you follow (and network with) the right people.
You get to look right into their brain and read a daily narrative of HOW they think.
Ok lets go:
#1: @ShaanVP
You know he's all about venture capital based entrepreneurship. I'm about small (non-sexy) business. We disagree on a lot of stuff.
But he's done it and he's won. Bonus follow: @theSamParr (@myfirstmilpod podcast
10 years ago, Netflix spent $0 on original content.
— Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) January 14, 2021
This year:
Netflix: $11B
Apple: $6B
Disney: $1B
+ amazon, hulu HBO etc.
=
$20B+
Here's a crazy startup idea to take a swing at this $20B+ content pi\xf1ata. \U0001f447 Here's a quick business plan \U0001f914
#2: @fortworthchris
He is where I want to be in 15 years. Has built a massive real estate private equity firm from the ground up. Super grounded with what the way he does business and his podcast @theFORTpodcast is top
When buying a deal, every day that goes by, the potential for tunnel vision grows.
— Chris Powers (@fortworthchris) January 7, 2021
Obsessing over executing detailed Due Diligence early and efficiently is paramount to limiting this.
#3: @Julian
I'm a scattered thinker and procrastinator.
Julian is a master of clear thinking and simple but effective writing. A world class example of content marketing and
THREAD: 10 significant lies you're told about the world.
— Julian Shapiro (@Julian) January 9, 2021
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