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FortyTwo Principles
Things we think about when we build, hire, chat or be
- Push code!
- Make it quick.
- Test and iterate.
- Failing is learning. Faster we fail, faster we learn.
- Users are our most important all. Make time for them.
- Have open lines of communications
- Provide updates on what we’ve pushed - weekly
- Listen to them closely for fundamental needs
- Be real with them
- Be the user!
- This is a 7 year play. Next year it may be 7 years again.
- Where are things going in the long-term. That’s where we’re looking.
- Hands build today. Mind thinks the future.
- Have willpower to act with good values/morals
- Sometimes its hard when different incentives are at play
- Gut check yourself
- “Am I acting with integrity?”
- “Am I doing what’s right? ”
- “Is the company acting with integrity?”
- Reversed gratification
- Get hard things over and done with as quickly as possible
- Often the suspense / worry is worse than the outcome
- Delay good things as long as possible
- Often the anticipation is better / more motivating than the outcome
- Equanimity - ups and downs are part of life. They’re part of nature - sometimes it’s windy, sometimes it’s breezy, sometimes it’s rainy, sometimes sunny, oceans are wild and flat and mountains are big and small and have dips. Keep your cool, dude/dudess!
- Resilience - this ain’t gonna be easy
- Perseverance - “The problem isn’t the problem, the problem is the attitude towards the problem” - Captain Jack Sparrow
- When you’re having a hard conversation with someone, and you don’t know how to say something, use that feeling as a trigger to think “I need to cross the honesty bridge”
- Honesty can be brutal and harsh. But it doesn’t need to be. That’s where respect comes in. Understand that you’re dealing with another person, with their own thoughts and perspectives.
- Keep the conversation open-minded, while stating how you feel.
- There is always the right way of handling a situation. Try to find that right way.
- Your sentence should be something along the lines - “Okay, I’m going to tell you how I truly feel about [xyz] and I would love to hear your thoughts and feedback”
- Think, discuss, think, discuss.
- Be clear in your understanding of topics.
- Don’t be afraid to say you don’t know understand something.
- Strong fundamentals make sound structures.
- The team is here to support in anyway.
- Things that are hard:
- Doing what’s right
- Being honest
- Speaking up
- Working hard
- Rejection
- Admitting failure
- We need these hardships. They’re not going to kill us.
- Be brave, put yourself in the firing zone
- Don’t be afraid to give.
- We have:
- Abundant time to create.
- Abundant abilities to help each other.
- Abundant expertise for questions.
- Abundant engineering capacity to build.
- Abundant money to survive.
- Abundant resources to thrive.
- Act with abundance. We have more than enough.
- The goal is to learn!
- Trying = learning
- Failing = learning
- Asking = learning
- Coming to the team with clear specific thoughts because you had tried and failed keeps the engine oiled and moving.
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