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Maybe it's the optimist in me, but I would change this to be "Work with people you have a good feeling about." Though, the underlying difference is that the or
by GolfyMcG 12y ago
Maybe it's the optimist in me, but I would change this to be "Work with people you have a good feeling about."
Though, the underlying difference is that the original phrase implies that everyone is fine to work with until you've eliminated them, whereas I'm saying that I assume no one is good enough until I've cleared them.
- tacos 12y agoLet's add "Don't work with pedantic people for whom anything outside absolute positivity is a trigger." Many a startup has been killed by this sort of up-with-people go-getter, who, with a (usually dumb) smile undermines this useful advice: "Don’t deceive yourself about whether or not your users actually love your product." "Ignore what the press says about you, especially if it’s complimentary." IT'S NOT ABOUT NEGATIVITY OR POSITIVITY; IT'S A MATTER OF ACCURATE ASSESSMENT.