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How Things Get DoneEssay

How Things Get Done

Sam Altman

3 min read

Things get done through focus on two or three priorities and strong personal relationships.

Steve Jobs explains the importance of both thinking and doingVideo

Steve Jobs explains the importance of both thinking and doing

Steve Jobs

Mar 2026 · 1 min read

Why the people who change industries are thinkers and doers in one person.

Why Startups Should Train Their PeopleEssay

Why Startups Should Train Their People

Ben Horowitz

May 2010 · 10 min read

Training your employees is one of the highest-leverage activities you can perform as a manager.

FastEssay

Fast

Patrick Collison

7 min read

Teams once built cities and planes in months; today the same projects take decades due to regulatory complexity.

AdviceEssay

Advice

Patrick Collison

3 min read

Go deep on multiple things, make internet friends, read widely, and resist pressure to follow standard paths.

Happiness Is a SkillEssay

Happiness Is a Skill

Naval Ravikant

Mar 2021 · 23 min read

Happiness is a skill you can develop by understanding desire and recognizing what's within your control.

Value Is Created By DoingEssay

Value Is Created By Doing

Sam Altman

3 min read

Most work that feels busy—meetings, networking, talking—doesn't create value; only execution does.

The Days Are Long But The Decades Are ShortEssay

The Days Are Long But The Decades Are Short

Sam Altman

6 min read

The days are long but the decades are short—optimize for what actually matters: relationships, work you love, and time spent well.

What I Wish Someone Had Told MeEssay

What I Wish Someone Had Told Me

Sam Altman

1 min read

How to start and scale ambitious things: recruiting, focus, speed, conviction, and fighting bureaucracy.

Researchers and FoundersEssay

Researchers and Founders

Sam Altman

1 min read

The common traits that distinguish the best researchers and founders, from problem taste to persistence to an action bias.

ProductivityEssay

Productivity

Sam Altman

10 min read

Choosing what to work on matters more than how fast you work, and small gains compound into massive results over time.

Age and the EntrepreneurEssay

Age and the Entrepreneur

Marc Andreessen

Aug 2007 · 11 min read

Andreessen's gloss on Simonton's finding that the 'quality ratio' of hits to misses stays roughly constant throughout a creative career.

The Top Idea in Your MindEssay

The Top Idea in Your Mind

Paul Graham

Sep 2022 · 10 min read

Founders misjudge which problems matter most, but rapid focus on the vital few—measured weekly—accelerates everything.

Life Is ShortEssay

Life Is Short

Paul Graham

Jan 2016 · 7 min read

Life is genuinely short, and the practical response is to eliminate bullshit and do things that matter.

Maker's Schedule, Manager's ScheduleEssay

Maker's Schedule, Manager's Schedule

Paul Graham

Jul 2009 · 5 min read

Two incompatible ways to use time: the maker's schedule and the manager's schedule.