Deric Yee

Your best employee is going to quit. Because you keep hiring people they have to carry. A-players want to work with A-players. Every mediocre hire is a resignation letter to your top performer. So stop optimizing your hiring for risk reduction. Stop hiring resumes. Stop filtering for pedigree and years

I used to think more = better. After 6 productive years in business and in exploring life, I now have the opinion that life should be improved both by adding, and by subtracting. Not just by having more. Less is more, most of the time. The world, economy, social norms, is

I used to think writing was just a communication skill. Something useful for blogs, marketing, or explaining ideas to other people. I was wrong. Everything is writing. * When you delegate tasks to your team. * When you negotiate deals with people * When you send an onboarding document to prospective employees * When

Wanna make coffee? You need to do a few things first. You probably need to get the beans before you turn on the coffee machine. You probably also need to steam & froth milk before you pour the milk in for a nice cup of Latte. This is the same

When people do things that make no sense, it doesn't mean they're stupid. They just didn't make sense to you. It may have made perfect sense to them. They see something you don't, be it right or wrong. * Steve Jobs insisted on

"The only constant in life is change" The beginning of a new life, the end of one, new information gets launched, new competitors come in, older ones die out. Beliefs that were true are now false. They were based on old limitations that are now gone. The market