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Mark Minervini
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Be careful not to get lured into stocks too soon just because the indexes are bouncing. If you recall, for months the Dow made new highs while virtually every breakout failed in just 1-3 days. Stock traders that took comfort in the Dow as a sign of market health got it wrong.

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My strategy may not be the best there is, but I know every little thing about it.. and that's more important.. and that's why I can reap great rewards from it. You don't find a great strategy that delivers great results, you develop as the operator of a strategy.

Mark Minervini
@markminervini

Not every trade works out for me. Far from it! I lose half the time. But EVERY trade is a good play at the time, because my risk is always a fraction of my likely reward. And that's the secret... I always get odds on my money. In trading, that's the definition of a "good choice."

In any performance business the bottom line is winning, hitting the goal, getting the job done. Winners do what they have to do to win. Losers make excuses why they didn't perform. A way to win and a way to lose ALWAYS exists. It's a matter of the quality of the choices we make. pic.twitter.com/RXvu4o4FBC
— Mark Minervini (@markminervini) April 15, 2021

Mark Minervini
@markminervini

The word is sacrifice. You are not going to be the best at day trading, swing, value and growth investing. It will be amazing if you can master just one. And you only need one. So pick one and sacrifice the rest! There is no other way unless you want to suck at a bunch of things.

What is the single unavoidable thing you must do to be the best or great at one thing? One word?
— Mark Minervini (@markminervini) April 14, 2021

Mark Minervini
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Discipline is the hallmark of greatness. Be patient. Wait for your pitch. Learn how to exercise what I call Sit Out Power. If there is nothing that meets your criteria... do nothing!

Mark Minervini
@markminervini

Yesterday's rally was strong but so are most oversold technical bounces. Some of the biggest up days occur during corrections. After the market comes under distribution I generally ignore the first rally and wait to see if it fails in coming days. Holding my shorts with stops.

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Mark Minervini
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Discipline is the hallmark of greatness. Be patient. Wait for your pitch. Learn how to exercise what I call Sit Out Power. If there is nothing that meets your criteria... do nothing!

Mark Minervini
@markminervini

4 keys to my success:
1. I wait for easy dollars while the amateurs fight for hard pennies.
2. I get aggressive when amateurs doubt the setups.
3. I take profits when amateurs get greedy and hysterical.
4. I religiously manage my risk while amateurs hold losers.

Mark Minervini
@markminervini

When you make a real commitment, you know that a successful outcome will only materialize as a result of executing the proper steps. You commit to a process—and you embrace the journey. To become a great trader you MUST get your attention off the money and on process.

Mark Minervini
@markminervini

When to step on the gas like a pig and when to do nothing like a chicken is really what separates the greats from everyone else. You have to know your strengths, exploit them and respect your weaknesses while minimizing them.

Mark Minervini
@markminervini

What is the single unavoidable thing you must do to be the best or great at one thing? One word?
— Mark Minervini (@markminervini) April 14, 2021

1/ Throughout my startup career, I’ve seen many founders have an aversion to sales. This is a mistake that can kill your startup.

2/ Sales is often viewed as either a saving grace or proof that the product isn’t good enough (because it should sell itself). Neither are ever true. Some common mistakes that result in...

3/ Mistake 1: Hire a sales rep before reaching product/market fit to get your initial batch of customers. This is a mistake because founders need to work through their MVP with early adopters to truly understand what it is they’re selling.

4/ Mistake 2: Reach product/market fit, need to scale, and rely entirely on self-serve. For enterprise products that require big commitments and internal shifts, almost no product is self-explanatory enough to sell itself.

5/ Mistake 3: Make a first sales hire who isn’t scrappy enough to help mold the sales process from scratch. Some salespeople are amazing at their jobs, but not cut out to establish the processes that others end up following. This skillset is what @rdedatta calls a “sales ninja”.

Shaun Russell
@_ShaunRussell

"I really want to break into Product Management"

make products.

"If only someone would tell me how I can get a startup to notice me."

Make Products.

"I guess it's impossible and I'll never break into the industry."

MAKE PRODUCTS.

Courtesy of @edbrisson's wonderful thread on breaking into comics – https://t.co/TgNblNSCBj – here is why the same applies to Product Management, too.

"I really want to break into comics"

make comics.

"If only someone would tell me how I can get an editor to notice me."

Make Comics.

"I guess it's impossible and I'll never break into the industry."

MAKE COMICS.
— Ed Brisson (@edbrisson) December 4, 2018

There is no better way of learning the craft of product, or proving your potential to employers, than just doing it.

You do not need anybody's permission. We don't have diplomas, nor doctorates. We can barely agree on a single standard of what a Product Manager is supposed to do.

But – there is at least one blindingly obvious industry consensus – a Product Manager makes Products.

And they don't need to be kept at the exact right temperature, given endless resource, or carefully protected in order to do this.

They find their own way.

Erik Torenberg
@eriktorenberg

1/ Here’s a list of conversational frameworks I’ve picked up that have been helpful.

Please add your own.

2/ The Magic Question: "What would need to be true for you

1/\u201cWhat would need to be true for you to\u2026.X\u201d

Why is this the most powerful question you can ask when attempting to reach an agreement with another human being or organization?

A thread, co-written by @deanmbrody: https://t.co/Yo6jHbSit9
— Erik Torenberg (@eriktorenberg) December 4, 2018

3/ On evaluating where someone’s head is at regarding a topic they are being wishy-washy about or delaying.

“Gun to the head—what would you decide now?”

“Fast forward 6 months after your sabbatical--how would you decide: what criteria is most important to you?”

4/ Other Q’s re: decisions:

“Putting aside a list of pros/cons, what’s the *one* reason you’re doing this?” “Why is that the most important reason?”

“What’s end-game here?”

“What does success look like in a world where you pick that path?”

5/ When listening, after empathizing, and wanting to help them make their own decisions without imposing your world view:

“What would the best version of yourself do”?

Michael Dearing
@mcgd

An irony of facebook's situation.

Sheryl got her MBA at Harvard. One of the most famous cases (Extra Strength Tylenol) in one of the most famous classes (Business History) she took: in 1982, someone put cyanide in Extra Strength Tylenol capsules and killed 7 people in Chicago.

What do you do when someone turns your product into a weapon? When they use the system you built to harm? James Burke, CEO of J&J, was shockingly open with the public, he pulled the product and made significant packaging changes to make product safer (but not tamper-proof).

He over-shared every step along the way re investigation, redesign, stood up as both CEO and human. The reintroduction of new Extra Strength Tylenol succeeded. Burke saved the brand.

But four years later it happened again. A killer put cyanide in the capsules, this time a woman in Yonkers died. Same CEO, Burke, pulled the product again, completely changed the form factor from capsule to caplet and relaunched *again*. It worked *again*. How'd they do that?

Burke (CEO) tapped J&Js goodwill bank account w/ the public. Two big withdrawals from that bank account in four years + 8 dead bodies! But his honesty, openness, humanity (choked up about the deaths more than once), humility kept the goodwill bank balance positive the whole time.

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@uglyluhan

First thread of the year because I have time during MCO. As requested, a thread on the gods and spirits of Malay folk religion. Some are indigenous, some are of Indian origin, some have Islamic

i wonder if you can make a thread bout witchcraft in malaysia.. or list of our own local gods/deites..
— r a y a \U0001f319 (@lcvelylilith) February 20, 2020

Before I begin, it might be worth explaining the Malay conception of the spirit world. At its deepest level, Malay religious belief is animist. All living beings and even certain objects are said to have a soul. Natural phenomena are either controlled by or personified as spirits

Although these beings had to be respected, not all of them were powerful enough to be considered gods. Offerings would be made to the spirits that had greater influence on human life. Spells and incantations would invoke their

Animist ceremonies of a religious or magical nature were normally held for the purpose of divination or making a request. This would either be done at a keramat or at a shrine similar to the Thai spirit houses or Chinese roadside shrines pic.twitter.com/I1hliyi0x3
— \u2745\u1710\u170b\u1713\u170e (@uglyluhan) June 16, 2019

Two known examples of such elemental spirits that had god-like status are Raja Angin (king of the wind) and Mambang Tali Arus (spirit of river currents). There were undoubtedly many more which have been lost to time

Contact with ancient India brought the influence of Hinduism and Buddhism to SEA. What we now call Hinduism similarly developed in India out of native animism and the more formal Vedic tradition. This can be seen in the multitude of sacred animals and location-specific Hindu gods

Be careful not to get lured into stocks too soon just because the indexes are bouncing. If you recall, for months the Dow made new highs while virtually every breakout failed in just 1-3 days. Stock traders that took comfort in the Dow as a sign of market health got it wrong.

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