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By Richard Stallman and Guy Steele
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Mindset4 steps
Agency Over Title: The Force-Multiplier Mindset
Ignore role boundaries — use AI tools to execute your own ideas end to end
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Strategy4 steps
Build Only Where You Can Be Best (Model Sourcing)
Build in-house only where your unique data or position lets you beat the frontier; otherwise buy
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Innovation4 steps
Cannibalize Your Own Product Every 6-12 Months
Make your current product look silly on a fixed cadence instead of only shipping what users ask for
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Communication6 steps
Communication Is The Job
Impact happens only through artifacts and words — so map the mental model before you speak.
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Productivity4 steps
Hills-and-Valleys: Getting Value From Probabilistic AI Tools
Be patient and explicit, start small, and learn where the model is strong vs weak
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Self-Mastery5 steps
Identity Threat to Curiosity
Your worst behaviour comes from identity threat — turn the clench into 'fascinating, tell me more'.
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Entrepreneurship4 steps
Irrationally Optimistic, Uncompromisingly Realistic
Push hard toward a future you believe in while killing your own hypotheses as data arrives
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Leadership5 steps
Leverage Your Leaders
Stop proving you can do it alone — make it cheap for your manager to unblock you.
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Mindset5 steps
Reading Your Own Critics
Read every criticism carefully, believe none of it blindly — you know more than the critics do.
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Innovation5 steps
Stated vs Revealed Preferences: Holding Conviction Through User Outrage
When users scream and keep refreshing, believe the behaviour — then debug details, not vision.
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Leadership4 steps
The Dehydrated Company Hiring Model
Only hire when a function is underwater, so headcount forces ruthless prioritization
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Leadership5 steps
The Eye of Sauron: Calibrating Leader Depth
Go pixel-deep only on what hinges success — and tell people exactly where their space begins.
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Strategy5 steps
The Forge and the Dam
Two career positions compound: the company's hottest fire, or the critical thing nobody watches.
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Peak Performance5 steps
The Six-Month Passion Test
Don't trust your identity about what you'll love — give the unfamiliar job six months, then judge.
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