having something to say

things i have to say, as of right now

• you should commit to things hard

• you should shame people for optioning maxing

• evil is boring. things that don’t make the world the way you want are evil

• consultants ate evil

• the world should be more data driven

• i want my team to get very rich

• there’s no one smart in finance

• people should do, not try

• the only things worth doing are hard

• you should build on the tech tree

don’t have nothing to say

we all hate when we feel like the person in front of us has nothing to say. “i would love to help with synergies and improve the efficiencies of…” yada yada

we hate these people

they get mbas

they keep their options open

they don’t commit to anything

they’re evil

they suck the soul out of any room that could otherwise be amazing

have something to say

your work should reflect what you have to say to the world. the change you want to affect.

you’ll know you have something to say by noting the way you say it

the tone, the register

the intensity

you’ll notice when you start talking about it you talk faster, an can opine infinitely about it. because you care. because you give a shit

it’s cool to have something to say

it’s not cool to have nothing to say

it doesn’t have to be unique - but it does have to be genuine. it should be opinionated. it should be in contrast to other things. it should come with trade offs

you can see entire companies and projects as “things to say”

• amazon - you should be able to buy anything online, and you should be get it for very very cheap

• palantir - the west is worth something

• jpmorgan new hq - the biggest fucking bank should be awe-inspiring cathedral

• jane street - fuck you we’re smarter than you

• robert moses - there should be more shit that’s built... by me

ask people what they have to say, what they’d die for, to sus out who is a main character and who is a waste of oxygen