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Conviction Staffing
Staff speculative projects with people obsessed with the idea, not with whoever happens to be free.
De-Risk the Deal (The Safety Net Playbook)
Reset the business case downward and build a safety net so signing stops feeling like a solo skydive
Don't Compete With What You Bought
The classic acquisition killer: building a rival in-house version of the thing you just acquired.
Do Power: Closing the Knowing-Doing Gap
Turn power principles into skill through goal-setting, staged practice, and coaching
FOMU Over FOMO (The Omission-Bias Diagnostic)
Buyers fear messing up more than missing out — diagnose which fear you're actually fighting
Limit the Exploration (Trust Then Expertise)
Stop the endless-research spiral by getting the buyer to stop being the expert and start trusting yours
Networking as Brokerage
Build power by generously connecting people and cultivating weak ties
Pings and Echoes
Surface a buyer's hidden fear by voicing your hypothesis and listening for the reflection
Sacred Cows as Your Roadmap
In a calcified org, the list of things nobody is allowed to touch IS the product roadmap.
The Acqui-Hire Silo
Buy a founder, hand them the riskiest bet, and spend your capital shielding them from the org.
The Appear-Powerful Playbook
Concrete body-language and presence tactics that signal power, all learnable
The Asynchronous Scaffolding Test
A synchronous-only consumer product can't retain. Surround it with async, or pick a vertical.
The Challenger Sale (Commercial Teaching)
Don't ask what keeps the customer up at night — show them what should be, then own the only cure
The Delegation Effect (Recommend, Don't Diagnose)
Prune the options and name your pick so the buyer no longer carries the blame alone
The Framework Limit Test
Two tripwires that tell you your product framework (JTBD, OKRs, DAU) has become the enemy.
The JOLT Method
Four moves that convert an indecisive buyer into a signed deal without adding pressure
The Power–Autonomy Trade-off
You can have power or autonomy, but not both — choose deliberately
The Seven Rules of Power
Seven learnable skills for building influence and advancing a career, whether you like it or not
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