Chris Williamson

And he says, like, it is a huge weakness to want to be liked, and I do not have it.

It's a huge weakness to think that you want to be liked.

Yeah.

The willingness to enter into dislike maybe is the thing.

I think he tries to coach his managers within the company versus outside the company.

Are you willing to be...

misunderstood by the general public.

And that's an interesting question.

If you had the chance, pick your divisive opinion, right?

Are you pro-choice or pro-life?

Are you open borders or closed borders?

Whatever it was.

If you had the chance to flip the switch and make that decision, but the catch is everybody knew it was you.

Are you willing to make a hundred million enemies

Who will do like lie, cheat, steal, fabricate, twist your words, like attack your family, do anything because like they hate the decision that you made.

Like, are you willing to do that?

I think most people are not.

And agree with or disagree with any particular decision, like respect the commitment and the courage that it takes to go do that.

I think I got way deeper in the tactics.

My North Star for these books is usefulness to the reader.