25. Disagree and commit
Consensus is cozy, but broad agreement is not our aim. The right decision is. Which is why we take the time to think, debate, persuade, listen and reconsider and then, someone, decides. If you disagree, that’s fine, but once the decision is made, it’s time to commit and support it completely.
- 00.
- Start here
- 01.
- An obligation to independence
- 02.
- Work isn’t war
- 03.
- Small teams
- 04.
- Profit motive
- 05.
- Err on the side of do
- 06.
- Shape Up every six
- 07.
- We don’t sell you
- 08.
- 8/8/8
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- NOTASAP
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- The Fortune 5,000,000
- 11.
- Don’t emulate the office
- 12.
- Hours aren’t equal
- 13.
- On repeat
- 14.
- Meetings aren’t free
- 15.
- Bury the hustle
- 16.
- The trap of marginal thinking
- 17.
- Politicking
- 18.
- Two tokens of customer service
- 19.
- Pay people, not addresses
- 20.
- Small tech
- 21.
- Know no
- 22.
- Stayups
- 23.
- Thoughting vs. thinking
- 24.
- Fixed
- 25.
- Disagree and commit
- 26.
- Kick in the face, kick in the ass
- 27.
- Broadly speaking
- 28.
- Shots on goals
- 29.
- JOMO not FOMO
- 30.
- Miscommunication problems
- 31.
- Easy?
- 32.
- Ruby on Rails
- 33.
- Planning is guessing
- 34.
- Sleep on it
- 35.
- Companies aren’t families
- 36.
- Context > consistency
- 37.
- What’s in a name?