From: To: [email protected] Subject: "Send me more questions!", he said. Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2018 02:51:00 +0000 YES SIR! Am doing so now. Thanks for making time yesterday! Would be great to continue the conversation. My question was What is your essential business insight? Your answer was 1. "Make no mistakes." -- Sun Tzu -- Use structural mechanics (like stop-loss orders) to prevent fatal mistakes. -- Ensure, above all else, that you don't die. Stay in the game! -- Once existential risk is eliminated, then... 2. Maximize shots on goal. -- "Nobody knows" what the formula for success is. "Pop songs!" -- So the main thing after creating an existential-risk free environment is, ironically... take lots of risks! 3. Over time, ALCHEMY. -- Over time, gestalts form, you have more data, experience, insight... -- You build operating leverage, network effects, a core team, technology advantages, etc... -- Out of that mix, good things emerge over time... -- The exact WAY these good things emerge is mysterious, the journey is labyrinthine. -- But you can afford the journey because of 1, and increase the speed of progress because of 2. Did I understand? Because that's what was really going on. The reason you asked me to send you more questions... Was that the entire purpose of our first meeting was to see if I understand. It was a message, and a test. The message was: I'm a mega bailer (house, power move; 20 minutes late + "you're up!", power move; "girls, say hi!", power move), but I'm a nice guy (just 20 minutes, charming, charismatic, fascinating), and I'm a professional (=I took great care of me, nice to meet Leon!). All of this is so effortless it's not even calculated. Or... so calculated it's effortless? The test was: I'm going to give you the most penetrating insight in the history of warfare: "Don't worry about victory. Remove the possibility of defeat, and then afterwards look for victory." And I'm going to see if you: EFTA00