COO & Wealth Advisor @ Convergence. Prior work in PE, SMB, F500. I think & write about management, strategy, & culture. See pinned tweet for a list of threads.
Columbia, MO
Joined August 2010
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Mark Brooks retweeted
Communication with your future self is a key to improvement. Leave a trail of information for every decision you make. Save your analysis. Keep records of your discussions. Regardless of outcome, future you will learn so much more.
Mark Brooks retweeted
How many people from your high school class do you know to be on X/Twitter?
65%0
20%1
8%2 - 5
7%> 5
75 votes • Final results
Mark Brooks retweeted
It's underestimated how much of "mediocre" or "good enough" is downstream of not having witnessed the practice of excellence (not its outputs, but its practice).
Mark Brooks retweeted
We all know employees go through periods of high and low performance, but the way they do it is dramatically different. Low performers need constant feedback to get their peak performance above acceptable and it doesn't stick. Look at how much time is spent below acceptable!
Mark Brooks retweeted
Mail is crazy because it's like 99 pieces of straight up garbage and 1 that if you don't reply to you're going to jail.
Mark Brooks retweeted
Something stuck on your to-do list? It either:
1) Isn't worth doing -> Remove it
2) Is too big -> Break it into smaller pieces
3) Is blocked by someone/something -> Add a new to-do to get it unblocked
Mark Brooks retweeted
“Why are folks getting dumber?” Because they don’t read. “Why aren’t men as romantic & poetic as they used to be?” Because they don’t read. “Why are people so vulnerable to propaganda?” “Why is everyone a conspiracy theorist?” Because they don’t read. Because they don’t read.
Mark Brooks retweeted
Working on a Chrome add-on.
It checks all cited articles, then if it finds retracted citations, it shows a banner with a button that lets yoy contribute to truth seeking.
If clicked, it pre-drafts an email for you to alert the corresponding author.
Mark Brooks retweeted
Every pre-school teacher in America should be required to watch this video of Alex Karp being completely unable to sit still in his chair.
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McKinsey and its kind are successful because they’re handed agency that management would never dream of giving to employees.
It's not ideas your company lacks, it's permission.
Mark Brooks retweeted
Children, before they use screens and develop niche interests, are the only mass market left. Children are also the only normal people left, in the sense that six year olds are similar to six year olds from 50 years ago, in a way that 13 year olds are not.
Mark Brooks retweeted
Trade your time for money
Then your money for equity
Then your equity for money
Then your money for time
