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To control the game, one tries to control as much of the board as possible. At the outset, using your pieces to seize the middle of the playing field is a great strategy, because it gives you the widest possible vantage point from which to control the movement of the other pieces. Both Rockefeller and the studio system in Hollywood employed this strategy successfully, allowing them to anticipate change and maneuver effectively for decades.
"Sevens kill companies. When someone has a four, you just know they're not doing the job, they're not up for it, and let's take them out of the system. But the problem with a seven is that you don't get to that point, because that person will have glimmers of being able to do the job … They'll have these things that are redeeming. But because they have those things, two things happen. One, there's an opportunity cost of that seat. When someone that's a seven is holding the seat, it means you don't have a nine having that seat. Two is that, and I see this all the time, the execution of a team is often brought down by the weakest link. An entire team can be brought down by that seven."
Explore Your Curiosity
★ "Permanently divorcing physical location from economic opportunity gives us a real shot at radically expanding the number of good jobs in the world while also dramatically improving quality of life for millions, or billions, of people. We may, at long last, shatter the geographic lottery, opening up opportunity to countless people who weren't lucky enough to be born in the right place."
★ "Are you in control of the relationships in your life, or are you ceding that control to others? That standing lunch date, or the conference you've attended for years because your pal is involved — when is the last time those interactions either provided value or allowed you to give value? Do you come away energized or drained? If you are not deciding the rules of engagement and making deliberate choices about who you are spending time with, then you need to take back that control."
Timeless Insight
"Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas."
— Marie Curie
Tiny Thought
One of the biggest keys to success at anything hard is believing that you can figure it out as you go along. A lot of people won't start until they figure it out. And because most hard things can't be figured out in advance, they never start.
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Stay safe,
Shane
P.S. This illusion broke my brain.
P.P.S I've been unexpectedly enjoying this book.
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