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Basic Concept #41: If You Only Chase Signals, You Miss Structure
Basic Concept #04: Don’t Fight Every Candle
Signal v Noise In trading, there’s a saying: Don’t fight every candle. A candle is…
Basic Concept #61: Don’t Assume. Ask.
Most confusion doesn’t come from malice. It comes from assumptions. And assumptions are the mother…
Basic Concept #27: Don’t Try to Win the Room. Win the Hallway.
I learned this lesson during what should have been my most successful technical presentation ever….
Basic Concept #59: Everybody Needs Their Success
The project presentation went perfectly. Your team delivered something exceptional, and everyone knows it. As…
Basic Concept #48: Create a Great Team
I spent most of my early career believing that great teams happened through lucky chemistry—the…
Basic Concept #60: Managers Hate Surprises -Good or bad
You crushed your goal, closed the deal, solved the problem. Instead of celebrating, your manager…
Basic Concept #44:When You Need Help, Ask
You’re smart. Capable. You’ve solved a lot on your own. So when things get messy,…
Basic Concept #11: You Think You Are Involved and Committed, But Are You Really?
You attend every meeting. You respond to every email. You have opinions about everything. You…