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Mario Harik

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
924 total appearances

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The Knowledge Project
Mario Harik: Playing to Win

It can be better than that.

The Knowledge Project
Mario Harik: Playing to Win

Or you're building a piece of software.

The Knowledge Project
Mario Harik: Playing to Win

This piece of software has to be just exactly right.

The Knowledge Project
Mario Harik: Playing to Win

The code has to be simple.

The Knowledge Project
Mario Harik: Playing to Win

It should not have any bugs in it.

The Knowledge Project
Mario Harik: Playing to Win

And I think the human mind typically doesn't operate in perfection.

The Knowledge Project
Mario Harik: Playing to Win

We all have our own idiosyncrasies.

The Knowledge Project
Mario Harik: Playing to Win

We all have our own biases.

The Knowledge Project
Mario Harik: Playing to Win

We all have our own way of doing things.

The Knowledge Project
Mario Harik: Playing to Win

So for me, in terms of managing people, a lot of it goes back to looking at how they view solving a problem, how they look at the world, how they look at being able to deliver value, how they look at being able to treat others with respect.

The Knowledge Project
Mario Harik: Playing to Win

And I think what surprised me the most is that every person is different.

The Knowledge Project
Mario Harik: Playing to Win

And every person in their own way, they are beautiful.

The Knowledge Project
Mario Harik: Playing to Win

Their mind works in a beautiful way.

The Knowledge Project
Mario Harik: Playing to Win

And being able to take their own methods, their own way of thinking, believing in what's best in them is what creates the most amount of outcome.

The Knowledge Project
Mario Harik: Playing to Win

And it's also a pleasure because then you're effectively working with a group of smart people who are finding their own way to be the best version of themselves.

The Knowledge Project
Mario Harik: Playing to Win

And I think not applying one framework or one method to solving a problem is important.

The Knowledge Project
Mario Harik: Playing to Win

Well, Brad is one of a kind.

The Knowledge Project
Mario Harik: Playing to Win

He's somebody who started eight multi-billion dollar companies from scratch and in different industries.

The Knowledge Project
Mario Harik: Playing to Win

And a lot of it goes back to having a framework, a method.

The Knowledge Project
Mario Harik: Playing to Win

And he actually wrote two books where he outlines that framework in terms of how to build great companies, companies that endure the test of time.