One of the biggest tells that someone doesn’t know what they’re talking about: glossing over addressing resource constraints, or saying things that imply infinite resources. Effectively everything is resource-constrained, & seasoned practitioners are especially sensitive to this
The inverse is also remarkably true: telling stories about dealing with resource constraints often quickly reveals that a practitioner really knows what they’re talking about. (See also: incentive structures, social norms, common mistakes & misconceptions, prices...)
Excited newbie: let’s do all the things!! Grizzled veteran: we have limited time, energy, morale, goodwill. Keeping this in mind, let’s pick one demonstrably good thing we’re confident we can achieve, and get it done decisively so we unlock more resources to do more things
In a single visual: https://x.com/visakanv/status/...
In another: https://x.com/visakanv/status/...
A concept that I really liked from my army days is “order of neglect”. Ie, if you don’t have enough resources to sustain your full operation, what’s the first thing you drop? Second? Third? All the way to the most critical thing. Really clarifies your priorities and purpose
Another useful tool is the concept of bottlenecks. If you’re trying to do more of something, or do it better, the most important thing to do is often (always?) to figure out the tightest bottleneck, and loosen it https://x.com/visakanv/status/...
fantastic example of a thread by an industry veteran who clearly knows what he’s talking about. Look for constraints, look for creeping hidden costs, look for trade-offs https://x.com/tacertain/status...
Great setup. Good teachers, like magicians, are storytellers, and they know how to work artfully with the audience’s expectations and assumptions https://x.com/patio11/status/1...
ask other people about the constraints they’re operating under https://x.com/sehurlburt/statu...
effort shock https://x.com/vgr/status/12895...
how to tell a guy has never planted a tomato
how to tell a lady had never sold a cookie
14. constraints in growing construction biz notice right from the start they’re like “toss what’s not helpful”. then “don’t assume”, “you can’t X until Y” – lots of little markers of “experienced practitioner”
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16. agriculture
17. comms https://x.com/danluu/status/14...
18. honey
19. acres
20. video editing
21. hit em where it actually hurts