Thank you Shripriya! 🥰

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How do we keep ourselves honest about remaining in our zones of genius?

I am wrestling with that question for myself at the moment.

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My old road:
- What will people think?
- I know I'm trying hard enough when I'm exhausted
- I am not enough

My new road:
- Am I doing the work that is mine to do?
- I work hard, I rest
- I was enough the day I was born

Elon Musk says RFE/RL is irrelevant. That's exactly what authoritarian regimes want you to believe. I've seen firsthand how RFE/RL fights for truth—and how its journalists risk everything to do it. Read my take here:

Remember today:

- Sleep is the foundation for all good work (then nutrition and physical exertion)
- Connection with loved ones allows us to respond to stress without the negative consequences
- Letting go of the outcome is the best way to optimize chances of a good outcome

Paul, I am coming across your un-accelerator for the first time. And I love what you are doing.

As a repeat founder, I am myself re-discovering founding as a creative expressive act.

Thank you for supporting this and giving it voice!

Can we drop the phrase, “ repeating the same thing and expecting a different outcome is the definition of insanity”?

That is not the definition.

Gisèle Pelicot, you are a hero. How you approached this trial, your courage in not being anonymous, has forever changed how we perceive victims and shame.

Words are not enough for the gratitude that we all owe to you.

One year when my team kept leaving dishes in the office sink, I installed a Dropcam in the kitchen to catch the perpetrator.

Because that seemed like a good move for company culture.

Idiot young CEO. 😂😩

@waymo.bsky.social is crushing this.

“What are you deeply wanting?” is one of the most powerful and caring questions one human can ask another.

Beautiful. And brrrr!

Ethical and Empathetic Investing with Shripriya Mahesh - The Sanity Pod Shripriya Mahesh (founding partner at Spero Ventures) and I explore the mental elements of going after big missions through the lens of her work at Sper...

Excited to share our most recent episode of The Sanity Pod. 🎉

@shripriya.bsky.social joins me to explore the mental elements of going after big missions through the lens of her work at Spero and her early-career role as the head of product for Ebay.

thesanitypod.com/episode/ethi...

How to manage your mind while fundraising Why it is so hard, and what to do about it.

For you founders raising $$ in the next 90 days, this one is for you. ❤️

www.mattmunson.me/how-to-manag...

Manhattan Beach holiday kickoff. 🎉

Building on the Other Side of Burnout Sharing some light from the other side of a long, dark tunnel.

Sharing some light from the other side of a long, dark tunnel. ❤️

www.mattmunson.me/other-side-o...

I’m working on a series of blog posts about building again after moving through burnout. Please let me know if you or any founders you know fit that description. ❤️

Love it! Where are you surfing?

Time on the water calms most ills.

Grateful for time in the mountains with good friends.

Blue skies ahead.

Thank you Lee!

You are as well.

Waking up in the mountains makes me so happy.

Just a quick reminder that in times of oppression artists and poets have a special role to play.

Finding work that deeply energizes me changed my whole experience of daily life.

Grateful to never go back to grinding it out.

Amazing. Thank you! Will dig in.

I am sure this will be deeply helpful. I appreciate the ongoing effort here Joel!

At my last company Twenty20, we built most of our compensation model on your guidance. Very much appreciated. ❤️