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We tend to think differently when we express with different equipment, and many people find that writing and drawing by hand unwraps a broader palette of ideas.

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…your mind is designed to have ideas, based upon pattern detection, but it isn’t design to remember much of anything!

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Most people are generally reasonable and can rally around an idea that wasn’t their own as long as they know they’ve had a chance to weigh in.

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Conflict is about issues and ideas, while accountability is about performance and behavior.

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It’s important that leaders guard against accidental values taking root because they can prevent new ideas and people from flourishing in an organization.

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This idea of pretending to be two different types of workers might seem heavy-handed, but there’s a surprising amount of efficiency to be gained by isolating these distinct categories of effort.

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…connection is useless unless the other person feels that they are equally responsible, if not solely responsible, for creating the connection and the new ideas they have.

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Persuasion is not about how bright or smooth or forceful you are. It’s about the other party convincing themselves that the solution you want is their own idea.

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Understand, if you offer a range (and it’s a good idea to do so) expect them to come in at the low end.

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…a startup is not just about a product, a technological breakthrough, or even a brilliant idea. A startup is greater than the sum of its parts; it is an acutely human enterprise.

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