“You’re looking for three things, generally, in a person,” says Buffett. “Intelligence, energy, and integrity. And if they don’t have the last one, don’t even bother with the first two..." https://fs.blog/2013/05/warren-buffett-the-three-things-i-look-for-in-a-person/ … thanks to @farnamstreet
We learned quickly that energy matters more than intelligence in startup founders. But energy alone is not enough. You need energy combined with flexibility: http://paulgraham.com/relres.html
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Interview Q: ‘name your ideal work environment?’ A: ‘12 beers down on a Friday night. Sh*t load of energy, zero intelligence.’ Boom, hired.
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Why is intelligence and zest always talked about as if they're different? 'Good intelligence' naturally feeds motivation
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Probably only if you think that motivation is a feeling rather than a discipline.
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Re-reading that essay reminded me why my short career in big organizations was so disastrous. Being caught hacking the seat booking system for the hot desks so that I could my ass into the best part of the office being a particular lowlight.
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What institutional structures help develop resoursefulness? (If any.)
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How do you teach someone (or yourself) to be relentlessly resourceful, the quality that combines energy with flexibility?
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Is it because the intelligence in unstructured environment like entrepreneurship is embedded in the emergent environment ( people, tools and resources) and not essentially in the brain of the entrepreneur.
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It’s true for startup employees too. Energy and eagerness and the competence to make more progress than mess.
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Agreed. Reminds me of a core value we used to have a start-up I worked at (
@Shuttl_Ind). 'Velocity' over 'Speed'. Because just speed could lead us in the wrong direction very quickly if not accompanied by the right kind of decisions.
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