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There's an exception to every rule. I think the point is that energy may be a good signal. Are there better signals? Spotting talent is hard.
by eloff 5y ago
There's an exception to every rule. I think the point is that energy may be a good signal. Are there better signals?
Spotting talent is hard.
- marcosdumay 5y agoI'm not the GP, but every high-energy person I've met is like this. When people want to get it done right now, they don't tend to make good decisions.
- borski 5y agoI understand your point, but mediocre decisions made quickly are sometimes better than no decisions made ever; there is a spectrum, and being on either extreme is not good.
- drewcoo 5y agoThat plus all the 1x engineers can clean up the messes made by snap decisions by 10x-ers. Not my personal philosophy but I've seen it used.
- nouveaux 5y agoGetting something done right now is more related to impulsiveness. You can be low energy and impulsive. You can be high energy and a planner. Maybe you're thinking hyper activity?
- csours 5y agoEnergy is a good signal. Patience is a good signal. Spotting talent is hard! I would say that energy is an X factor. If you have two candidates and both demonstrate similar system comprehension, go with the one with more energy. Energy is great for short term success, contemplation is great for long term progress. Maybe hire a mix of tactical and strategic thinkers? And then get them to work together somehow? It's easy to say and hard to do! Writing about failure is easy, because you get to do it after the fact when everything is obvious. Writing about your own successes is fun, because you get to talk about something that turned out well. Trying to tell someone else how to be successful by following what you did is often a fool's errand, because you can never convey all the things you did to be successful; and in the case that you were VERY successful, you have changed the marketplace of products and ideas!
- crispyambulance 5y agoAgree, and even if someone has "talent" it doesn't mean that they or their workgroup and larger organization can actually USE that talent effectively.