REMEMBER: it is impossible to evaluate, or even understand, anything that you cannot measure.” 80 - Tim Ferriss

If you want great mentors, you have to become a great mentee. If you want to lead, you have to first learn to follow.

Good Stories Always Beat Good Spreadsheets” “Whether you are raising money, pitching your product to customers, selling the company, or recruiting employees, never forget that underneath all the math and the MBA bullshit talk, we are all still emotionally driven human beings. We want to attach ourselves to narratives. We don’t act because of equations. We follow our beliefs. We get behind leaders who stir our feelings. In the early days of your venture, if you find someone diving too deep into the numbers, that means they are struggling to find a reason to deeply care about you.

If you can’t define it or act upon it, forget it.