Principles

• 1

  Work and life move as one rhythmIt’s not work on one side and life on the other, but a dance. When you choose the few things that matter most, they move together with you, one rhythm, one body, guiding you everywhere you go.
• 2

  Strong mission + extreme ownership + fun = successThe best teams I’ve seen share a mission that matters, take full ownership, and genuinely enjoy helping one another.
• 3

  Manage time as deliberately as moneyTime should be managed as deliberately as money, since it’s the only resource we all get in equal measure.
• 4

  Relationships last when value outweighs compromiseRelationships remain healthy when both parties feel that the value they receive outweighs the compromises they make.
• 5

  Make the implicit explicitPeople think differently, so make the implicit explicit and remember that making traction out of diversity is a very hard job.
• 6

  Discipline buys the free time creativity needsDiscipline creates free time, and free time fuels creativity. Break the first link, and the whole chain falls apart.
• 7

  Seek ponds where the fish are bigger than youSeek ponds where the average fish is bigger than you, as long as the exploration stays meaningful and fun.
• 8

  Leave the world a little better than you found itFrom the big things — the planet, the community — to a project, a team, or a person, down to the simple things like your room.