things I learned from my ex-boss Dinesh - @visakanv's blog
in the 5+ years I worked for my ex-boss Dinesh (@dineshraju), he constantly would ask me about my goals & desired outcomes. He would ask things like, He would ask these questions with a casual intensity – he really wanted to know the answers to these questions, with a persistent curiosity that I inherited. I’ve since internalized that stuff so thoroughly, and found it so useful, that I now almost struggle to remember what it was like before I installed Dinesh’s “instrumental thinking module” into my mental suite. The wack thing is, once you internalize this, or a version of this, you look at the world in a completely different way than people who haven’t internalized this. And you look around and you see that very few people really internalize this. You can get whiplash from the contrast. Here’s what I think I’ve observed: 1. Lots of people don’t know what they want. They don’t really try very hard to figure out what they want. Many don’t really believe it’s even possible. Amongst thos
in the 5+ years I worked for my ex-boss Dinesh ( @dineshraju ), he constantly would ask me about my goals & desired outcomes. He would ask things like, “What do you want to get out of this?” “How will you measure your progress?” “What’s the next step?” “What’s the limiting factor?” He would ask these questions with a casual intensity – he really wanted to know the answers to these questions, with a persistent curiosity that I inherited. I’ve since internalized that stuff so thoroughly, and found it so useful, that I now almost s
Explore this link on the map →related reading
- Visa is doing marketing consults (see pinned!) on X: "in the 5+ years I worked for my ex-boss Dinesh, he constantly, casually-yet-intensely would ask me about my goals & desired outcomes "what do you want to get out of this?" "how willtwitter.com
- What's stopping you?gleech.org
- The Most Important Question of Your Lifemarkmanson.net
- 35 Impactful Questions Managers Should Ask Themselves Regularlyreview.firstround.com
- 15 principles for managing up - Wes Kao's Newsletternewsletter.weskao.com
- Productivity advice | Zhengdongzhengdongwang.com
- 40 Favorite Interview Questions from Some of the Sharpest Folks We Knowreview.firstround.com
- Some mistakes I made as a new manager | benkuhn.netbenkuhn.net
- Interview with Ben Kuhn about productivity, his college experience, job choice, the value of an inside view, the EA community - Alexey Guzeyguzey.com
- What Do You Want? - Calvin Rossercalvinrosser.com
- Lessons from my PhD - Austin Z. Henleyaustinhenley.com
- Shreyas Doshi on X: "Tell me your career story What is working well for you here / not working well What type of work energizes you most / least How do you prefer to get feedback & get recognized How is your relationship with key team mtwitter.com