Give me one reason by Seth Godin
The honest rejections would say something like, “my boss didn’t like you,” or “I was in a bad mood,” or “we realized that our spec wasn’t very clear and the person we liked didn’t fit it either,” or “we wanted someone who looked more like us,” or “your competence made us nervous,” or…
Take what they wrote and replace it with “no.”
It’s a short read. And I just wanted to share it.
Understanding carriage by Seth Godin
Carriage is the term for the method that books, movies, TV shows and other media get from the producers to the public. It’s about who controls user access to the medium.
TIL. I did not know this word - not in this context at least.
Delegate everything by Seth Godin
The opportunity is to use leveraged delegation to create opportunities that cannot possibly be delegated. To make our craft more particular, more human and more distinctive.
The alternative is to race to the bottom. That’s no fun.
To be able to delegate well, is one of the first things I learnt when I joined TCS all those years back. Delegating well is a skill. You may choose not to delegate if you want to pick up a skill for example. Otherwise delegate it.